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Budget, Deficit Reduction & Fiscal Reform
Rep. Schrader’s First Act of 116th: Introducing Good Government ReformsIn his first act of the 116th Congress, as we near the end of the second week of the government shutdown, Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) today reintroduced a series of government reform bills to in... Read More
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Agriculture
Oregon Members Announce AVA Designation for Van Duzer CorridorCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05), along with Senators Ron Wyden, and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), announced the designation of Oregon’s Van Duzer Corri... Read More
Health Care
Schrader, Welch Legislation to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole Passes the HouseLegislation introduced by Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Congressman Peter Welch (VT-At Large) to close a loophole in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program that is reported to have cost the Medicaid... Read More
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Bipartisan Bill to Save Salmon On the Columbia and Willamette Rivers Headed to the President’s DeskThe bipartisan Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act, led by Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) in the House, passed out of Congress today and is headed to ... Read More
Veterans
Rep. Schrader Praises Outcome for SSgt. McGreevey, Calls for More Protections for VeteransCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) issued the following statement regarding a ruling by the United States Department of Justice requiring settlements for two-dozen veterans, including Marine veteran SS... Read MoreBipartisan Schrader Bill to Reauthorize Animal Drug User Fees Signed Into LawCongressman Kurt Schrader’s (OR-05) bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) was si... Read MoreOregon Delegation Calls on Trump Administration to Back Down on Efforts to Restrict Workers’ RightsMembers of the Oregon congressional delegation, including United States Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer and Kurt Schrader toda... Read More
Health Care
Schrader Law to Lower Drug Costs Produces Success in the Generics MarketThe FDA this week announced the first generic drugs to receive a Competitive Generic Therapy (CGT) designation – a classification established under a bipartisan Schrader bill that became law last year... Read More
Education
Oregon Congressional Delegation, Governor Celebrate $3M Grant for Oregon Manufacturing Innovation CenterToday all seven members of Oregon’s Congressional delegation – Reps. Kurt Schrader, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Greg Walden, along with Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley – joined ... Read More
Immigration
Oregon Congressional Delegation Statement on Denial of Access to Oregon ORR FacilityOregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer, and Kurt Schrader, released the following statement upon a refusal by the U. S. Department o... Read More |