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Energy and Environment

Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.

March 11, 2024
The bipartisan SOS 2.0 Act—which I worked on with the late Congressman Don Young and Senators Sullivan and Whitehouse—is the most comprehensive legislation Congress has ever passed to address the marine debris that threatens coastal ecosystems and communities.

March 6, 2024
The Community Project Funding process provides a powerful opportunity to highlight specific project needs in NW Oregon.

February 16, 2024
Wildfire is not uncommon in the West, but the climate crisis is causing longer and more dangerous wildfire seasons that put Oregon’s rural communities and agricultural economy at risk.

January 22, 2024
A robust and reliable electric vehicle charging network will ease the transition to EVs, which will reduce carbon emissions from our transportation system.

January 9, 2024
It’s exciting that Portland Public Schools and Beaverton School District students will be able to ride in clean school buses in the years to come because of funding from this program.

December 15, 2023
Marine debris threatens coastal communities, ecosystems, and marine life.

November 28, 2023
Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events are occurring with increasing frequency, threatening the health of our marine and freshwater ecosystems and communities.

October 18, 2023
The Acer Program has been fundamental to the success of the burgeoning maple syrup industry in the Pacific Northwest.

October 13, 2023
This declaration will benefit the Pacific NW’s fishing industry, workers, and economy.