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Funding to re-authorize the Children's Health Insurance Program will likely need to come as part of a larger funding package on the floor of the U.S. Senate, according to representatives from the office of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden.
CHIP funding is used to cover gaps for students without health insurance at Virginia Garcia's school-based health centers in Washington and Yamhill counties, including a clinic at Century High School in Hillsboro.
ALOHA, Ore. —
A local family is fighting to unite after the Vietnam war. They've been separated for more than 40 years because they've been stuck in the legal immigration process.
Pictures document some of the best moments in life. For Ai Nguyen, photos fill the gaps in his life. The last time he saw his oldest sister, An, and youngest sister, Ngoc, was in Vietnam in 1971, where they took their last family photo together. The two sisters are still in Vietnam.
Nowadays, Ai lives in his comfortable Aloha home with his wife, but it wasn't easy getting here.
This fall I wrapped up a series of six town hall meetings with two final meetings in Cannon Beach and Portland. I celebrated the Portland Thorns' victory in the National Women's Soccer League Championship—go Thorns! Another highlight was working with Senator Jeff Merkley to bring the "I Am Not Invisible" exhibit featuring Oregon women veterans to the nation's capital. Too often women veterans feel invisible, but seeing the faces and stories of women veterans from Oregon in the halls of Congress was a proud moment for me and for women veterans everywhere.
The six Democrats in Oregon's congressional delegation are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to not withhold roughly $3 million in grants to law enforcement agencies in the state.
"These critical federal dollars fund community policing initiatives, drug treatment and mental health programs, indigent defense and proactive crime prevention efforts," the delegation wrote to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
As I visit communities across Northwest Oregon, I hear from many Oregonians who feel left behind and left out of the economic recovery. Too many people are still struggling to make ends meet. If they are working, their wages are stagnant. They feel overwhelmed by rising rent prices, barriers to transportation, and sky-high childcare costs. There may be job openings in their community, but the jobs require skills and resources they don't have.
Lee Sitton, a U.S. Air Force Veteran who lives in Sherwood, was one of the guest speakers during a Veterans Day commemoration held Nov. 11 at the Sherwood Center for the Arts. Other guests included U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici who spoke about the need to fulfill the nation's promises to veterans, including improving health care at the VA, working to end veteran homelessness and preventing veteran suicide.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to an investigative report by Oregon Public Broadcasting into the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05), along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), called on the Department of Interior to look into claims alleged in the report.
Secretary DeVos has proposed only providing partial relief for students who were defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges
In new letter, Members of Congress express concern that Secretary DeVos may block full debt relief for student loan borrowers who were cheated out of their savings and education