Statements
May 6, 2020
Secretary DeVos and the US Department of Education should be helping students, families, educators, and schools deal with a pandemic of unprecedented proportion; instead, they have just released a new Title IX rule that will reduce protections for sexual assault survivors and create inconsistent standards at schools and college campuses across America. This is unacceptable.
Issues:EducationReproductive Rights
April 9, 2020
Last month nearly ten million workers across the country filed unemployment claims in a two-week period, surpassing previous records.
Issues:Health CareJobs and Economy
April 4, 2020
I helped lead my colleagues in calling on EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to withdraw the EPA's proposed Censored Science rule.
Issues:Energy and Environment
April 2, 2020
Many workers across Northwest Oregon are worried about how to pay their April rent or mortgage without a paycheck.
Issues:Health CareJobs and Economy
March 27, 2020
Our country is suffering from a pandemic on an unimaginable scale, and this legislation will provide critical support to workers and families, small businesses, healthcare providers, student loan borrowers, and people struggling to make ends meet.
March 13, 2020
Temporarily closing schools is a difficult decision, and I know it was not taken lightly.
Issues:EducationHealth Care
March 4, 2020
Fighting the coronavirus requires all of us coming together. Over the past several days I've spoken with health officials, leaders, and workers across NW Oregon about how Congress can help. Every one emphasized the need for immediate and robust funding.
Issues:Health Care
January 28, 2020
Today the President released a Middle East "peace plan" that was soon followed by an announcement that Israel plans to move forward unilaterally with annexing settlements in the West Bank. This is not a viable path to a two-state solution, which must be negotiated between Israelis and Palestinians.
January 3, 2020
The events in Iraq over the past few days are deeply troubling.