Press Releases

We write today to express our fervent hope that Providence and the Oregon Nurses Association will come back together in good faith and with all due haste to negotiate new employment contracts for the 1800 nurses and clinical staff at Providence Portland Medical Center, Providence Seaside Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice.

Oregon families in urban and rural areas have told me that child care costs more than their housing. This is unacceptable.

We have a responsibility to provide health care for veterans who served our country.

Last Congress we passed robust investments in renewable energy that will jumpstart our clean energy future. And importantly, we also passed some of the largest investments in America’s workers.

When food banks can purchase from farmers, more families will have access to nutritious local foods and more small and medium-size farms will benefit.

Shellfish harvesters and seaweed farmers play an essential role in our food supply, but historically they haven’t received the support they need to reach their full potential.

The Fiscal Responsibility Act included important exemptions from SNAP work requirements for people experiencing homelessness.

The current public defender shortage is a threat to our criminal justice system and the rights of defendants.