WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * CBO Analysis Shows House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Adds $2.4 Trillion to the 10-year Deficit * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the House-passed reconciliation bill would cost $2.4 trillion over the next 10 ye more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * CBO Analysis Shows House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Adds $2.4 Trillion to the 10-year Deficit WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the House-passed reco more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Crater Lake Resignation Prompts Oversight Push From Dexter * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, demanded accountability from the Department of the Interior following the resignation of Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Kevin Heatley. (link is external) Heatley's departure, pr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-91) on the Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (H.R. 976), which aims to repeal the small business loan data collection requirements under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on May 6, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on February 4, 2025, by Representative Williams, H.R. 976, the 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Busi more ST

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-94) on the Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy Act (H.R. 2392), which aims to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on May 6, 2025. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) MINORITY VIEWS In the 117th Congress, then-Chairwoman Waters launched bipartisan negotiations to create a federal regulatory framework  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Merkley Statement on New CBO Analysis Showing Republican Plan Kicks 16 Million People Off Their Health Insurance WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the Republican pla more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on June 3, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 170 inventors who will be inducted as the 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). An induction ceremony will take place June 23-26, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia to celebrate these inventors and their incredible accomplishments. The ceremony will be presided over by the Acti more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following floor remarks on June 3, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the critical need for regulation of artificial intelligence. This work period, the Senate is poised to take up the House's reconciliation package, a disastrous proposal that strips healthcare away from tens of millions of Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36486) entitled "Grainbelt Corp. - Trackage Rights Exemption - BNSF Railway Co.": * * * Digest:/1 This decision authorizes the expiration of certain Board-approved rights by Grainbelt Corporation to operate over certain lines of BNSF Railway Company, even though such rights typically continue indefinitely. By petition filed on April 1, 2025, Grainbelt Corpora more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Tariffs Will Hurt Economic Growth, Boost Inflation, Raise Costs to Families, CBO Finds * Non-partisan Analysis Requested by Merkley, Schumer, and Wyden Finds Trump Tariffs Amount to a Regressive $2.5 Trillion Tax Hike WASHINGTON, D.C. - If the Trump tariffs remain in effect - in spite of a recent court ruling that they are illegal - they will slow economic growth, boost inflation, and hurt wor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Tariffs Will Hurt Economic Growth, Boost Inflation, Raise Costs to Families, CBO Finds Non-partisan Analysis Requested by Merkley, Schumer, and Wyden Finds Trump Tariffs Amount to a Regressive $2.5 Trillion Tax Hike * WASHINGTON, D.C. - If the Trump tariffs remain in effect - in spite of a recent court ruling that they are illegal - they will slow  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Wyden Condemns Trump Administration for Rescinding Biden-era EMTALA Guidance Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today condemned the Trump administration for reversing Biden-era guidance that reaffirmed the obligation of hospitals to provide emergency treatment, including emergency abortion care, unde more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Final CBO Estimate of House Bill Washington, D.C. -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its final estimate of the House-passed reconciliation bill. "House Republicans rushed to pass this awful bill in the dead  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Neal, Pallone Release Latest CBO Estimates Showing 16 Million People Will Become Uninsured from Republican Health Agenda Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., more PR