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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Oregon Newsletter for 2025-09-20 ( 16 items )  
Bynum Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Help Millions of Americans Build Better Credit (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Help Millions of Americans Build Better Credit * Washington, DC - This week, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) and Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan Credit Access and Inclusion Act to help Americans with little or no credit history more easily build and improve their credit scores. Approximately 26 million (link is external) Americans a more PR

CROOKED VAL HOYLE: 217 Shady Stock Trades EXPOSED (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * CROOKED VAL HOYLE: 217 Shady Stock Trades EXPOSED * A bombshell report exposes self-enriching hypocrite Democrat Val Hoyle for blatantly violating the STOCK Act by hiding 217 stock transactions, many tied to her family's financial interests and even her husband's 401(k). Hoyle cashed in while Oregonians were left in the dark: "It turns out that while families in Oregon crooked Democrat  more PR

Dexter Highlights Human Toll of Trump's Immigration Machine; Elevates Merlos Family's Story on Capitol Hill (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter Highlights Human Toll of Trump's Immigration Machine; Elevates Merlos Family's Story on Capitol Hill * Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) joined House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Ranking Member Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) for a shadow hearing titled Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump's Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities. (link is external)  The shadow hearing more PR

Dexter: "I voted present. I will not lend my vote to a process that deepens division and puts more people at risk." (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter: "I voted present. I will not lend my vote to a process that deepens division and puts more people at risk." * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) released the following statement on her vote on H. Res 719 (link is external) : "I condemn political violence in the strongest possible terms. But I could not support a resolution that, under the guise of denounc more PR

Merkley, Booker, Grassley, Hinson, and Adams Highlight Need for Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Booker, Grassley, Hinson, and Adams Highlight Need for Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) teamed up with U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19, 2025, as National Stillbirth Pr more PR

OSU to Lead Effort Aimed at Radiation-resilliant Electronics (10)
CORVALLIS, Oregon, Sept. 20 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * OSU to lead effort aimed at radiation-resilliant electronics Oregon State University has been selected to lead a national research center focused on making electronics more resilient to radiation, which could strengthen national security and boost U.S. competitiveness in space and defense technologies. The new Center for Advancing Radiation Resilience of Electronics, backed by a $17 million award  more PR

Rep. Andrea Salinas' Statement on Voting Against the Partisan Republican Spending Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Andrea Salinas' Statement on Voting Against the Partisan Republican Spending Bill * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) released the following statement following her vote against House Republicans' partisan spending bill. "I will not support a partisan, Republican spending bill that fails to cancel their cuts to health care and does not protect the American  more PR

Rep. Hoyle Statement on House Resolution 719 (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hoyle Statement on House Resolution 719 * : September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) released the following statement after voting "Present" on Republican's partisan House Resolution 719. " Political violence has no place in our society. From the murders of Charlie Kirk to the Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota - it's time for leaders to lower the tempe more PR

Sen. Wyden Continues to Sound the Alarm on Trump Administration Attempts to Deport Unaccompanied Children Into Dangerous Conditions (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Wyden Continues to Sound the Alarm on Trump Administration Attempts to Deport Unaccompanied Children Into Dangerous Conditions As Courts Extend Temporary Protections to Guatemalan Children in Office of Refugee Resettlement Custody, Ranking Member Highlights High Risk of Harm to Children and Human Rights Violations if Trump Plans Proceed * Senate Finance  more PR

Wyden Statement on Bisignano Comments on the Social Security Retirement Age (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Statement on Bisignano Comments on the Social Security Retirement Age Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano's statement that the Trump administration was considering raising the retirement age: "Trump has already broken prom more PR

Wyden, Gillibrand, Blumenthal Lead Calls to Halt Experiment to Undermine Traditional Medicare (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Gillibrand, Blumenthal Lead Calls to Halt Experiment to Undermine Traditional Medicare Ranking Members Lead 18 Senate Democrats as Trump Administration Moves Ahead with WISeR Experiment, Which Hands Health Care Decisions to AI and Private Health Insurance Companies for Doctors and Seniors in Traditional Medicare * Senate Finance Committee Ranking  more PR

Wyden, Merkley Announce $2.2 Million For Rural Mental Health (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Announce $2.2 Million For Rural Mental Health * Grande Ronde Hospital in Union County to benefit Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced more than $2.2 million to support mental health and acute care workforce development at the Grande Ronde Hospital in Union County. "Rural health care recently has seen extraordinary cuts due to Republicans gutting  more PR

Wyden, Merkley Announce $2.2 Million For Rural Mental HealthGrande Ronde Hospital in Union County to benefit (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Announce $2.2 Million For Rural Mental HealthGrande Ronde Hospital in Union County to benefit * Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced more than $2.2 million to support mental health and acute care workforce development at the Grande Ronde Hospital in Union County. "Rural health care recently has seen extraordinary cuts due to Republicans gutting  more PR

Wyden, Merkley Announce $7.47 Million to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Boost Timber Production (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Announce $7.47 Million to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Boost Timber Production * Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced more than $7.4 million to support removal and transport of 417,308 tons of low-value trees and woody debris from national forests to processing facilities, including a critical $4.6 million award to support the forest products industry in more PR

Wyden, Merkley Call on Trump Administration to Secure Oregonians' Food Benefits Against Hackers and Thieves (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Call on Trump Administration to Secure Oregonians' Food Benefits Against Hackers and Thieves * Wyden renews calls for passage of bipartisan bill to protect SNAP benefits nationwide following spike of SNAP skimming in Eastern Oregon Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on the Trump administration to take immediate action to protect Supplemental Nutri more PR

Wyden, Neguse, Dexter Introduce Legislation to Protect Western Communities from Wildfire Smoke (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Neguse, Dexter Introduce Legislation to Protect Western Communities from Wildfire Smoke * Bill follows five-year anniversary of Oregon's Catastrophic Labor Day Fires Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representatives Joe Neguse D-Colo., and Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., today reintroduced legislation to provide federal emergency assistance to people in Oregon and nationwide who a more PR