WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Democratic Doctors Caucus Condemns Dangerous ACIP Decision to Stop Recommending Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Democratic Doctors Caucus released the following statement after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to stop recommending the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. "The Democratic Doctors Caucus unequivocally condemns the decision more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle Announce Newport Helicopter Returns to the Community * Senators obtain commitment directly from Coast Guard during a call today Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04), today announced that Admiral Kevin Lunday, Acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, committed to the Senators on a call that an essenti more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Sullivan, Whitehouse, Bonamici, Carter Legislation to Reauthorize Marine Debris Grant Programs * WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representatives Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), celebrated the Senate's recent unanimous passage of S. more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 6 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * VoteVets launches web hub to oppose new Republican Forever Wars Support from Reps. Lieu, Deluzio, Ryan, among others to kick off campaign * Today, VoteVets is leading an effort to keep Americans informed of the new Forever Wars the Trump administration is sliding into, without a peep from Republicans in Congress, and a campaign for those opposed to those new Forever Wars to take action. The group l more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Wyden Slams RFK Jr.'s Kangaroo Court That Will Endanger Children Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met to decide on the childhood vaccine schedule for American children across the country. The panel has been wholly transformed  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Wyden Urges Hospitals to Protect Privacy of LGBTQ+ Patients Amid Trump's Ideological Crusade Against Transgender Americans Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged hospitals to maintain privacy protections for LGBTQ+ patients and fight back against bad-faith overreach in light of Donald Trump aggressively attacking the more PR