WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Announces Over $14 Million for Oregon's 5th District Included in Draft Funding Bills * Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Janelle Bynum (OR-05) announced the following Community Project Funding requests from Oregon's 5th District were included in the draft Fiscal Year 2026 government funding bills released by the House Appropriations Committee. The projects total over $14 million spanning across the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Chairs Introduce Landmark Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act * Washington, D.C. - Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Chair and Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today introduced the Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act of 2025, a comprehensive, bipartisan bill to address the People's Republic of China (PRC more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Bynum Blasts FEMA's Denial of Disaster Relief Resources to Oregon * Oregon City, OR - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR) spoke out against the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) decision to deny the state's public assistance request following the severe storms, landslides, and mudslides that impacted the state in March 2025. "When natural disasters strike, Americans  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Continuing Epstein Investigation, Wyden Probes IRS's Failure to Investigate Sex Trafficker's Highly Lucrative Tax Planning Work Continuing his years-long investigation into the financing of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking network, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote to IRS Commissioner Billy Long today demandin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter Slams Repeal of Bedrock Environmental Finding * PORTLAND, OR -- Today, Congresswoman Dexter released the following statement in response to the formal rescission of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) endangerment finding (link is external), which found that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane pose a threat to human lives. The endangerment finding has long served as the l more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 10 enforcement cases April-June 2025 * SEATTLE \- The following tables summarize enforcement actions the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 10 office completed in the second quarter of calendar year 2025. Each case is linked to the corresponding legal documents, which provide further details. Violation: Clean Water Act The Clean Water Act, established in 1972, is the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: On Bloomberg TV's Balance of Power, Shaheen Details Her Senate Floor Effort to Block Trump Tariff Taxes from Taking Effect, Highlights Trade War Harms to Families and Businesses * (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a top member of the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee, joined Bloomberg TV's Balanc more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * KAINE, CURTIS, AND MERKLEY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO ADDRESS CRIMES IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON AND STRENGTHEN REGIONAL STABILITY * Bill would address organized crime, deforestation, and violence in the Brazilian Amazon WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemispher more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Merkley Statement on Additional GAO Determination That Trump Administration Again Violated the Impoundment Control Act Merkley Has Called on GAO to Investigate the Trump Administration's Violations of the Impoundment Control Act * Today, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) published additional findings that the Trump A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Sullivan, Smith, McGovern Fight Back Against Foreign Governments Trampling Human Rights Within the U.S. and Beyond * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)--a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)--teamed up with current CECC Chair Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), CECC Co-Chair Represen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Shaheen Leads Colleagues in Attempts to Lessen Harmful Impacts of Trump Tariff Taxes on American Families and Businesses; Republicans Block Shaheen Bill to Shield Granite Staters from Higher Costs * **Shaheen's bill would have clarified that the President does not have the authority to level sweeping tariffs through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), bu more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 1 -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * DEQ issues 12 penalties in June for environmental violations The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued 12 penalties totaling $756,921 in June for various environmental violations. A detailed list of violations and resulting penalties is at ordeq.org/enforcement. Fines ranged from $2,550 to $464,678. Alleged violations included a construction company fi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47324) on July 15, 2025, entitled "Seabed Mining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Issues for Congress" by natural resources policy specialist Caitlin Keating-Bitonti. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY On April 24, 2025, as part of a broader national effort to secure reliable supplies for critical minerals, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14285, "Unleashing America more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates 12 Montana Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas for Drought * Additional Five Montana Counties Also Eligible Due to Idaho Primary Drought Designations This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA invests $106M to keep working forests working * (Washington, D.C., July 31, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Forest Service is investing $106 million to support state and landowner efforts to conserve private working forestlands across the country. Funded through the Forest Legacy Program, these projects will protect forests vital to the econ more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Wyden Investigation Reveals Harms and Discrimination Faced by LGBTQIA+ Youth in Residential Treatment Facilities Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released "Myself as I Am: Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Residential Treatment Facilities," which exposes the additional layers of vulnerability experienced by LGB more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Wyden Opposes HHS and Treasury Nominees As Prepared for Delivery Before we begin, I'd like to give a special thanks to Mr. Bob Becker, and his excellent work with the Senate Recording Studio for 34 years. I've been told this is his last Senate hearing. So Bob, thank you for your important service keeping the trains rolling, and we wish you  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Trump Administration Nominees As Prepared for Delivery The Committee meets this morning to discuss four nominations. Deputy United States Trade Representative covering Asia and a number of key sectors of the economy including textiles and intellectual property; the Treasury Department's point  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Lieu, Daines, and McClintock Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Americans from Warrantless Government Surveillance * The bill protects the rights of Americans by stopping agencies from using "stingray" phone surveillance to track mobile devices without a warrant Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Senator Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Representatives Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and To more PR