Schrader likes farm bill's chances, despite obstacles - Capital Press, June 12, 2012By Mitch Lies U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., gives Congress a better than 50-50 chance of passing a farm bill this year, despite disagreements in the House over the bill's size and emphasis. Schrad... Read MoreOP-ED: Make egg production more humane - The Hill, June 12, 2012BY KURT SCHRADER In the United States there are 280 million egg-laying hens producing more than 80 billion table eggs annually. Eggs are a national commodity. For economic and regulatory security, ou... Read MoreOne way to force compromise in Congress: No budget, no payThe Fix Congress Now Caucus is a bipartisan task force of representatives committed to fixing Congress through meaningful reforms. Our first goal: Pass the No Budget, No Pay Act, which would require ... Read MoreAF&PA Applauds Reps. Thompson and Schrader, What They Think, June 4, 2012U.S. Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) introduced H.R. 5873 – the Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012 – which would modify the definition of “biobased” materials to specificall... Read MoreFederal Bill Would Give Nation's Hens Bigger Cages - NPR, June 2, 2012(AP) — The animal welfare advocates that gave egg-laying hens more room in California are trying to expand chicken coops across the nation with an unlikely ally — a group that previously had been its... Read MoreSchrader talks student loans, third bridge - Keizer Times, May 21, 2012By Jason Cox U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D–Canby stopped by a government class at McNary High School recently, and also chatted with Jason Cox of the Keizertimes: JC: What should students here at the hi... Read MoreEditorial: Hard times in Josephine - The Register-Guard, May 20, 2012If Lane County commissioners were looking to Josephine County to lead the way out of the budgetary crisis faced by more than a dozen rural Oregon counties, they were sorely disappointed Tuesday night... Read MoreHouse puts itself on a no-reality diet - The Oregonian, May 20, 2012By David Sarasohn You can see how Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., has trouble reconciling two coasts -- and two realities. In Washington, Schrader just watched Republicans in the House Agriculture Commit... Read MoreOregon House Democrats reject Republican defense bill, citing its cost and some policy priorities - The Oregonian, May 18, 2012By Charles Pope All four of Oregon’s Democratic House members voted against a massive defense bill on Friday, arguing that the $642 billion blueprint is too expensive at a time when all federal spend... Read More'Fix Congress Now' rallies around Cooper's 'No Budget, No Pay Act' - Politico, May 16, 2012By Kate Nocera The fledgling “Fix Congress Now” caucus has found their first legislative cause to rally around: Rep. Jim Cooper’s (D-Tenn.)“No Budget, No Pay Act.” Cooper’s bill stipulates that membe... Read More |