Energy and Environment
Information regarding my stance on Energy and Environment issues.
Congress faces a funding deadline this week as lawmakers scramble to sort out what policy riders will make the fiscal 2018 omnibus appropriations package.
Lawmakers will need to pass the bill no later than Friday, when a temporary funding measure expires. If they fail, many federal agencies would be forced to shut down at the end of the week.
Negotiations that extended through the weekend were expected to lead to an agreement being announced by tonight.
US Senator Ron Wyden and US Representative Suzanne Bonamici are urging Congress to provide long-term, lifeline funding for rural counties in upcoming must-pass legislation.
The Oregon lawmakers -- along with county commissioners from across the country -- have called upon Congress to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program and provide full funding for Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) in legislation that must be passed by March 23rd to keep the government running.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., along with a bipartisan group of members of Congress and county commissioners from across the country, today urged Congress to provide long-term, lifeline funding for rural counties in upcoming must-pass legislation.
As Congress works on the new federal budget, Northwest Congressional members are working across the aisle to get money for two programs that help rural counties. They held a press event Tuesday to draw attention to their cause.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced six town hall meetings across the First Congressional District, which includes Washington, Yamhill, Clatsop, and Columbia counties and part of Multnomah County.
Bonamici will take questions from residents and provide an update on her work in Congress. The town hall meetings will be held in Portland, Beaverton, McMinnville, St. Helens, Forest Grove, and Astoria.
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer joined a bicameral, bipartisan group of 16 Pacific Northwest lawmakers in a letter Thursday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calling for the Oregon and Washington coasts to be removed from Interior's offshore drilling plan.
Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer today joined a bicameral, bipartisan group of 16 Pacific Northwest lawmakers in a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calling for the Oregon and Washington coasts to be removed from Interior's offshore drilling plan.