WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2022: * * * Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus released the following statement welcoming President Biden's announcement to pardon all simple, non-violent cannabis offenders. "Today, President Biden took an important step in the fight to end the federal government's failed and discriminatory prohibition of cannabis. No president has stepped forwar more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 4, 2022: * * * Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its final rule on flight attendant duty and rest time. "I thank the FAA for announcing its long overdue final rule on flight attendant duty and r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: With climate chaos flooding states, burning communities across the West, and driving crippling droughts, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley along with Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter to President Biden requesting his Administration build on t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced Business Impact NW was awarded a federal grant totaling $1.6 million over the next four years to establish the Oregon Minority Business Development Agency Business Center (OBC). This award from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is intended to support the establishment of the OBC and it more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced Business Impact NW was awarded a federal grant totaling $1.6 million over the next four years to establish the Oregon Minority Business Development Agency Business Center (OBC). This award from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is intended to support the establishment of the OBC and its i more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced an $8,265,004 million federal grant to schools in Oregon to help provide students with safe and supportive learning environments and opportunities to help foster their success. "Parents and students deserve the peace of mind that while at school students are safe and being cared for, while also gaining the important skills and knowledge that will suppor more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced an $8,265,004 million federal grant to schools in Oregon to help provide students with safe and supportive learning environments and opportunities to help foster their success. "Parents and students deserve the peace of mind that while at school students are safe and being cared for, while also gaining the important skills and knowledge that will sup more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that Portland Public Schools will receive a total of $4,012,792.40 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "As Oregon continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, this FEMA support will help Portland Public Schools with efforts to keep kids safe and healthy throughout the school ye more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that Portland Public Schools will receive a total of $4,012,792.40 in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "As Oregon continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, this FEMA support will help Portland Public Schools with efforts to keep kids safe and healthy throughout the school  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representatives Blumenauer (D-OR), DeLauro (D-CT), Doggett (D-TX), and Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to President Biden urging his administration to publicly support other countries utilizing the flexibilities provided in the TRIPS Decision on COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO. Furthermore, the lawmakers urged the Administration to advocate for an extension of the decision to cover COVID diagno more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today hailed the start of several of the Inflation Reduction Act's prescription drug provisions, in particular the policy that will force drug companies to pay a rebate back to Medicare if the price of a product rises faster than the rate of inflation. "Starting this week, there is finally accountability f more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2022: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the Biden administration's executive action on cannabis: "Today is a huge step forward in the fight to restore lives destroyed by the criminalization of cannabis. "I echo President Biden's call for states to do the same and repair harms done by the failed War on Drug more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2022, and letter: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today outlined his priorities for IRS funding in the Inflation Reduction Act to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. For example, Wyden highlighted the need to crackdown on offshore tax evasion, as highlighted by the committee's recent report: The Shell Bank Loo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022, and letter: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today applauded the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposed rule to prohibit discrimination in health care and urged HHS to strengthen protections for people with disabilities, trans people, and those seeking care for pregnancy and related conditions. "This proposal is an important step forward to help ensure no one in our count more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022, and letter: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today applauded the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposed rule to prohibit discrimination in health care and urged HHS to strengthen protections for people with disabilities, trans people, and those seeking care for pregnancy and related conditions. "This proposal is an important step forward to help ensure no one in our co more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022, and letter: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today pressed the Bureau of Reclamation to prioritize Oregon as the agency develops its plans for the drought relief resources that Congress recently provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). "[W]e write to strongly urge the Bureau of Reclamation to provide critical funding to areas in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022, and letter: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today pressed the Bureau of Reclamation to prioritize Oregon as the agency develops its plans for the drought relief resources that Congress recently provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). "[W]e write to strongly urge the Bureau of Reclamation to provide critical funding to areas  more PR