CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 18 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * After devastating wildfires, watersheds surprisingly thick with fish and amphibians * CORVALLIS, Ore. - In the aftermath of historically severe wildfires in 2020, a study of Cascade Range watersheds found that stream vertebrates are doing surprising well, highlighted by flourishing fish populations. "Our work looked at the three years following megafires in western Oregon and suggests that fishes more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Announces Winner of Oregon's First Congressional District's 2025 Congressional App Challenge * BEAVERTON, OR [12/17/25] - Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici announced that Dhruv Singh, a Junior at Westview High School, won the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Oregon's First Congressional District. His app, ReinforceLearn, teaches people the basics of reinforcement learning, an AI metho more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Advances Bipartisan Housing Bill Out of Financial Services Committee * Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) advanced the bipartisan, bicameral Accelerating Home Building Act, as part of a broader package, through the Financial Services Committee, marking a key step on the process to becoming law. The bill will help build more and lower the cost of housing in Oregon and a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * CMS Heeds Wyden and Warner Call to Improve Medicare Advantage for Seniors After Top Senate Democrats Raise Alarm About Rising Number of Providers Leaving Medicare Advantage Plans and Call for Additional Protections for Seniors, Trump Administration Proposes Improvements * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sena more PR

MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, Dec. 16 [Category: Business] -- The National Sporting Goods Association posted the following news: * * * Columbia Sportswear, USA Curling Extend Sponsorship * PORTLAND, OREGON (December 16, 2025) - Columbia Sportswear Company returns as the official uniform sponsor for the USA Curling National Team for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympic Games. In a release, Columbia Sportswear Company said the new uniforms reflect its innovative spirit, and for the first time, repli more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter to Speaker Johnson: "Get out of the way and call a vote today." * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, at a press conference with the Democratic Women's Caucus, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), called on Speaker Mike Johnson to hold a vote to extend the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits before sending Congress home for the year. This comes as four House Republicans joined Democr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley: Closure of Ashland Community Hospital's Birthing Center and Inpatient Care Will Negatively Impact Southwestern Oregonians * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley said today he is concerned about the planned closure of labor and delivery services and inpatient care at Ashland Community Hospital and called on Asante Health System to support families and clinicians affected by t more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 17 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU research drives FDA approval for novel use of anemia drug in brain cancer imaging * The Food and Drug Administration has approved ferumoxytol, known clinically as FERABRIGHT(tm), as a contrast agent physicians can use to detect and monitor tumor progression in patients with brain cancer. Edward Neuwelt, M.D. (OHSU) Ferumoxytol is an iron-based substance that has been primarily used to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Andrea Salinas Advocates for Student Mental Health Bill at House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing * Click here (link is external) to watch Rep. Salinas' full remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) spoke to the House Energy and Commerce Committee to advocate for her bipartisan bill, the Mental Health Services for Students Act. The bill, which passed the House in t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Salinas, Harshbarger Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Mental Health Telehealth Services for Rural Americans * Washington, D.C. Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) reintroduced the bipartisan Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act. Their legislation would expand access to telehealth services, including mental health and substance use care, for r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * With Epstein File Deadline Approaching, Wyden Leads Democrats Demanding to Know Why DOJ Has Never Questioned Epstein's Core Trafficking Henchmen According to Wall Street Journal Reporting, Epstein's In-House Lawyer and Accountant, Key Accomplices in His Trafficking Operation, Have Never Been Questioned in Connection with Any Criminal Invest more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Applauds Passage of Prescribed Fire Legislation Through Key Senate Committee * Senator's bipartisan legislation would support hazardous fuels cleanup to reduce wildfire risk Watch Wyden deliver remarks at today's Committee meeting here Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the passage of his bipartisan legislation through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (EN more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Wyden Releases Proposal to Overhaul Organ Transplant System Building on Oversight and Recent Legislation, Ranking Member Takes Next Step to Improve Transplant System for All Americans * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released draft legislation to continue reforming the organ transplantation system so it w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Votes No on Bloated Military Authorization Bill * NDAA Increases Military Spending by Billions; Lacks Guardrails Against Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities, Purging Military Leaders Without Cause and Other Trump Abuses Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement after voting against the National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA): "I cannot support a bill that i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from ICE on Racial Profiling of Tribal Members, Refusal to Accept Tribal IDs * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers regarding the outrageous mistreatment of Tribal citizens by ICE in a number of recent incidents. In their letter, the lawmakers called out reports of ICE improperly stoppi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from ICE on Racial Profiling of Tribal Members, Refusal to Accept Tribal IDs * Letter cites reported abuses of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation member Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers regarding the outrageous mistreatment of Tribal citizens by ICE in a number of r more PR