WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: * * * Amata Highlights Passage of Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is highlighting final House passage of the Senate version of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, sending the legislation to the President to be signed into law. In the parallel House effort, Congresswoman Amata was an original cosponsor, introduced in April 2025 j more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM FY 2025 timber sales in Oregon and Washington net over $67 million * PORTLAND, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management in Oregon and Washington wrapped up fiscal year 2025 with a standout timber performance. Across Oregon and Washington, the BLM exceeded its annual goal and, in support of the President's promise of increased timber production, offered 15% more timber more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 15 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * College of Forestry finalizes new management plan for OSU's McDonald-Dunn Research Forest * CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Oregon State University College of Forestry has finalized a new management plan Link is external for the OSU-owned McDonald-Dunn Research Forest in the Coast Range foothills northwest of Corvallis. Last revised in 2005, the updated plan provides an adaptive framework for sustainable m more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSFR) -- Nanoverse Technologies, Beaverton, Oregon, has filed a request with the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board for proposed production activity at its facility. The filing, which was received on October 9, 2025, complies with the agency's regulations for manufacturing operations under FTZ procedures. The proposed manufacturing focuses on semiconductor production equipment, specifically duty-free finished products that include the laser scribing too more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood and Secondary Education, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2025: * * * ECESE Ranking Member Bonamici Sounds the Alarm on Student Safety at Hearing Regarding Youth Sports Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) delivered the following opening statement at today's Early Childhood and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing entitled, "Benched: T more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Lujan: No Business as Usual Until Justice Delivered for Jeffrey Epstein's Victims * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujanthe lead Senate sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act announced they would block any pending civilian nominations before the Senate from being carried over to the new session of Congress in respons more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Marshall Launch New Bipartisan Effort to Unlock Federal Support for Hazardous Cleanup Following Wildfires * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Kansas' U.S. Senator Roger Marshall introduced the brand-new Post-Wildfire Environmental Assistance Act. The bipartisan bill provides a straightforward solution for communities in Oregon and across the nation to access fe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Oregon Delegation: No New ICE Facilities in Oregon * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon congressional delegationSenator Ron Wyden and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)in demanding urgent answers from the U.S. Department of H more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation: No New ICE Facilities in Oregon * Washington, D.C. - Today the Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegationSenators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)demanded urgent answers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigrati more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 17 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * Resolving to spend less time on your smartphone? Understanding your travel habits can help * CORVALLIS, Ore. - If you open a banking app, play a mobile game or scroll through a news feed every day while riding the bus, your commuting routine is probably bolstering your smartphone habit, according to new research that shows phone tendencies are stronger in locations chosen automatically. As you po more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Stansbury, Davids, Bonamici and Senators Kim and Merkley Introduce TALENTS Act to Protect and Strengthen Federal Leadership Pipeline * WASHINGTON, D.C. Reps. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Sharice Davids (D-KS), and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today announced the introduction of the Training Aspiring Leaders Emerging Now to Serve (TALENTS) Act, to codify and strengthen the Presidential Management Fellowsh more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Sudan's South Kordofan Plunges Deeper into Crisis as People Run out of Safe Options * As Sudan's humanitarian crisis continues to spiral, nowhere is the deterioration more alarming than in Kordofan, now at the center of escalating violence and hunger. Nearly 1,000 days of conflict have pushed fighting from Khartoum into Darfur and deep into North and South Kordofan, turning the regi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Calls on Health Tech Companies to Add Privacy Features Letting Patients View and Control Access to Their Medical Records Request to Ten Large Electronic Health Record Companies Follows Action by Epic, the Largest Such Company, to Roll Out New Data Privacy Features at Wyden's Request Defense Department Investigation Finds Significant Safety Risks to N more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Leads Colleagues Calling on Trump Administration to Crack Down on Growing Threat of Synthetic Opioids * Letter comes as Trump administration reduces funding and workforce to counter ongoing fentanyl crisis Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led his colleagues in pressing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on how it is prioritizing a federal response to the grow more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2025: * * * Wyden, Murray, Gillibrand Lead Democrats in New Bill to Halt Trump Administration's Looming Medicare AI Prior Authorization Takeover--Democrats Fight to Save Medicare As Republicans double down on health care sabotage, Senators lead effort to protect Medicare benefits from an AI experiment * Today, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ranking  more PR