Much of Oregon Congressional Delegation Signs On to Green New Deal

Portland's representatives in Congress, Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, and Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley—all Democrats—have all signed onto the Green New Deal, a resolution that outlines an ambitious approach for addressing climate change.

The proposal championed by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx), who has become the highest-profile new member of the House and among its most left-wing, has gained widespread support among Democrats.

The resolution calls for creating jobs and investing in infrastructure with an eye toward zero carbon emissions, clean and renewable energy sources. The scale of the ambition is laid out in the resolution—"whereas the Federal Government-led mobilizations during World War II and the New Deal created the greatest middle class that the United States has ever seen"—but the specifics of how that will be accomplished are not.