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July 24, 2020 Press Release
We will not let Trump or his administration get away with militarizing our streets.
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July 23, 2020 Press Release
The militarized federal forces Trump sent to Portland have ignited fear and violence in our community.
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July 23, 2020 Press Release
It takes decades to build retirement savings, but it can be stolen in an instant.
July 23, 2020 Press Release
The Land and Water Conservation Fund represents a bipartisan commitment to safeguarding natural areas and providing recreation opportunities in the prized outdoor areas that make places in Northwest Oregon like Ecola State Park and the Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge so special.
July 22, 2020 Press Release
The American people deserve transparency and accountability.
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July 22, 2020 Press Release
It is now apparent that no U.S. city or town will be safe from these dubious tactics and that the Washington, D.C. deployment may have been a dry run for deployment to other cities.
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July 20, 2020 Press Release
It is outrageous that there are newly deployed, unidentified federal officers on Portland streets.
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July 17, 2020 Press Release
These tactics include deploying federal agents without identifying insignia in an apparent effort to evade transparency and accountability, snatching people off the street with no apparent reason for apprehension, and using potentially deadly munitions to harm peaceful protesters.
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July 17, 2020 Press Release
The overly aggressive conduct of federal officers in Portland is alarming and unconstitutional. Oregonians must be able to exercise their First Amendment rights safely, without being picked up and detained by unidentified federal officers.
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July 17, 2020 Press Release
The COVID-19 pandemic has created stress for families across our country, and many have to decide whether to pay their energy bills or buy food and medication.

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July 17, 2020 In The News

Describing the federal agents as “acting like an occupying army,” Wyden demanded answers from both Trump and Homeland Security.

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July 17, 2020 In The News

Portland Deputy Police Chief Chris Davis has said his department did not request federal assistance and is not coordinating with the federal officers. “I don’t have authority to order federal officers to do things,” Davis told the AP.

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July 17, 2020 In The News

Oregon’s US senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley along with US Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici now want the US Department of Justice and the Inspector General’s office to investigate the federal agents presence in Portland.

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July 16, 2020 In The News

Speaking to Fox News Thursday morning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan made a distinction, explaining that those wreaking havoc on Portland’s streets for six weeks straight “are criminals, those are not protesters.”

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July 16, 2020 In The News

Family Forward and others also pushed for more than a decade for the recently enacted paid family and medical leave law and a statewide paid sick time law. Those protections, though, don’t kick in until 2023, said Family Forward’s Paluso.

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July 16, 2020 In The News

Merkley co-signed a letter with Sen. Ron Wyden and Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici after Donavan La Bella, 26, was shot in the head by federal officers with a less-lethal rubber bullet during a protest on Saturday, July 11. LaBella underwent facial reconstructive surgery after he suffered a skull fracture.

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July 16, 2020 In The News

He said he refused to answer basic questions about the role of federal officers in Portland.

"What the rules of engagement are, what roles they've been playing on the streets of Portland, who decided what equipment they have or when to use it, they will not answer questions about the level of coordination they've had with Portland Police," Merkley tells KATU News.

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July 16, 2020 In The News

On Tuesday, Portland police said groups of people set up barricades on the street, threw glass bottles and pointed laser. Around 4 a.m. Wednesday, federal police used tear gas against protesters. The tear gas was witnessed by some KOIN 6 News staff.

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