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A group of Oregon lawmakers has requested the U.S. Department of Commerce to declare a federal fishery resource disaster for the 2024 Oregon Troll Salmon Fishery.
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined U.S. representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle, Maxine Dexter and Janelle Bynum in making the request as “the declaration is critical to provide economic relief to Oregon’s fisheries and coastal communities.”
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led the Oregon delegation – including U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) – in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, condemning the Trump Administration’s decision to eliminate the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation—Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—in urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to declare a federal fishery resource disaster for the 2024 Oregon troll salmon fishery.
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tina Smith (D-MN) today introduced a pair of bicameral bills aimed at improving access to nutritious meals for children in child care settings by making critical updates to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
The young Hillsboro School District student vividly outlined her fears in a recent hand-written letter to U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, who read the letter aloud on the House floor Tuesday morning.
“I feel scared and distracted in class sometimes because I’m worried ICE might come into our school,” the fourth grader wrote. “I worry what might happen to me if I refuse to answer their questions to protect my friends and classmates.”