WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSletter) -- Americans for Tax Reform, with 17 co-signers issued the following letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 2, 2026 The Honorable Scott Bessent Secretary of the Treasury United States Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 RE: Urgent Action Required to Eliminate Discriminatory Foreign Digital Services Taxes Targeting American Companies Dear Secretary Bessent and Ambassador Greer: The undersigned organizations writ more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Sends Comment Letter to EPA on Microplastics * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general in sending a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commending EPA's efforts to add microplastics to a list of contaminants in drinking water prioritized for research, and urging EPA to further monitor microplastics. "Microplasti more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 5 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL SUPPORTS EPA RESEARCH ON THE HARMS OF MICROPLASTICS IN DRINKING WATER, CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL MONITORING OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS * Chicago -Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 14 attorneys general, affirmed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts to add microplastics to a list of contaminants in drinking water prioritized for research and called for the EPA to further monitor m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Valadao, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Provide Rides to Sobering Centers, Support Services * WASHINGTON, DC [6/5/26] - Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), David Valadao (R-CA), and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide safe transportation to aid for people experiencing substance use and mental health challenges. The Connections to Health Infrastructure and Emergency Recovery Services (CHIERS) Act woul more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Stands Up for Access to Food Assistance Programs, Votes Against Republican Agriculture-FDA Funding Bill * Yesterday, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) voted against the harmful FY27 Agriculture-FDA funding bill which includes massive cuts to programs like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP),Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), and Rural Business Development Grants - leaving families a more PR

SALEM, Oregon, June 5 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Signs Proclamation Returning Civil Legal Jurisdiction to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation * Salem, OR - Governor Tina Kotek has signed a proclamation to return sole legal jurisdiction in civil matters on the Umatilla Indian Reservation (UIR) to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). A link to the proclamation can be found here. "Since the early 1980s, the CTUIR has exercised our more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 6 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on June 5, 2026, by senior counsel Bruce Buchanan and associate Colleen O. Munoz: * * * Oregon Expands Protections for Immigration Status in the Workplace Oregon House Bill 4111, effective June 5, 2026, reflects Oregon's continued shift toward protecting immigrant workers by limiting how a change in immigration status can be used in the workplace and how undocumented status can be used in litigation, while explicitly integrating these protections into t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on June 5, 2026: * * * Merkley Statement on Oil and Gas Lease Sales from Republican Big, Ugly Betrayal Law Failing to Meet the Levels Promised Republicans Claimed that Opening ANWR to Oil and Gas Lease Sales Would Net More Than $900 Million Over 10 Years - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wicker Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Protect U.S. Fishers by Cracking Down on Illegal Fishing and Abusive Vessel Flagging Practices * Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on June 5, 2026, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) announced a new bipartisan bill to target a loophole that illegal fishers exploit to gain an unfair advantage ov more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley: Republicans Vote to Ignore Working Americans and Cater to Trump's Demands * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after Senate Republicans voted to pass their funding bill that will give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) nearly $70 billion. This bill provides zero relief to working families who are facing more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on June 5, 2026: * * * Merkley: Republicans Vote to Ignore Working Americans and Cater to Trump's Demands U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after Senate Republicans voted to pass their funding bill that will give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) nearly $70 billion. This bill provides zero rel more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 5 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU celebrates its 2026 graduates * Oregon Health & Science University today graduated its next generation of healthcare, research and education professionals. A total of 1,206 degrees and certificates were awarded. Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, Ph.D., M.B.A., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN (OHSU) Graduates assembled for the all-school commencement ceremony Friday, June 5, at the Oregon Convention Center. The keynote speaker was Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, Ph.D more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following letter to the Administration for Children & Families: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 3, 2026 Alex J. Adams Assistant Secretary for Family Support Administration for Children & Families 330 C Street SW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20201 Assistant Secretary Adams, I am concerned about the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) oversight of unaccompanied children in the care and custody of the Office of R more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on June 3, 2026, at the fiscal 2027 budget hearing for the U.S. Department of the Treasury: * * * It was just a matter of time before the Trump administration set the new high-water mark for public corruption in America, and that moment arrived a little more than two weeks ago with the settlement of Trump's ridiculous IRS lawsuit. This hearing is the first opportunity for Congress to examine it. Let's zoom out to get more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Calls for Republicans To Put Real Surveillance Reform On the Table; Pulte Shows that No Administration Should be Given Warrantless Domestic Spying Powers * Without Reforms, FISA Section 702 Warrantless Spy Powers Will Be Abused By Pulte and other Trump Officials to Intimidate, Blackmail and Smear Trump's Enemies Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for Republican leaders to negotiate on real reforms to warrantless government more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Laud Stewardship Agreement for Malheur National Forest * New 20-year agreement with Iron Triangle in John Day is for 20 years Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today praised the announcement of a 20-year stewardship agreement between the Malheur National Forest and Iron Triangle LLC in John Day that covers forest restoration, hazardous fuels reduction, timber harvesting, watershed improvement, and habitat re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Laud Stewardship Agreement for Malheur National Forest * New 20-year agreement with Iron Triangle in John Day is for 20 years Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today praised the announcement of a 20-year stewardship agreement Opens in new tab between the Malheur National Forest and Iron Triangle LLC in John Day that covers forest restoration, hazardous fuels reduction, timber harvesting, watershed improvement,  more PR