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Schrader, Shea-Porter Legislation to Help Veterans Included in Defense Authorization Package

Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter’s (NH-01) legislation to protect recalled veterans was selected for inclusion in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), th...

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Budget, Deficit Reduction & Fiscal Reform, Veterans
Rep. Schrader Submits Amendments to NDAA to Protect Oregon Veterans, Eliminate Waste

Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) submitted four amendments for consideration to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect our veterans, increase transparency, and eliminate government ...

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Oregon First, Education
Rep. Schrader Announces 2018 Congressional Art Competition Winner

Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) is excited to announce the 2018 Congressional Art Competition Winner from Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, Alicia Johnson from Molalla High School for her work ti...

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Animal Welfare
Rep. Schrader’s Bill to Reauthorize Animal Drug User Fee Act Passes Out of Committee

Congressman Kurt Schrader’s (OR-05) bipartisan bill (H.R. 5554) to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) p...

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Health Care
Schrader, Welch Introduce Bill to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole

Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Congressman Peter Welch (VT-At Large) today introduced a bill to close a loophole in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program that may be costing the Medicaid program as ...

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Oregon First, Health Care
Schrader, Mullin Introduce Bill to Reauthorize State Offices of Rural Health

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced the State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018. The bill reauthorizes the State Offices of Rural Heal...

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Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer, DeFazio, Bonamici, Schrader cite Army Corps concerns covering former Vanport area
Oregon First, Transportation & Infrastructure
Oregon Lawmakers Seek Flood Study for Portland

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, and Suzanne Bonamici today strongly urged federal officials to support a flood protection feasibility study fo...

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Oregon First
Schrader Bipartisan Bill to Restore 2014 Biological Opinion for the Columbia River Passes House

Today, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05) to bring certainty back to the Federal Columbia River Power System passed the House...

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