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Agriculture,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Strengthens Oregon Agriculture Competitiveness in Farm Bill Mark-UpCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) yesterday joined his colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee in marking up the 2013 Farm Bill. Throughout the lengthy process Schrader pushed to increase specia... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
Bipartisan Group of House and Senate Lawmakers Introduce Silviculture Regulatory Consistency ActA bipartisan group of senators and U.S. House members today introduced bills to provide certainty to forestry companies and workers, by reaffirming the Environmental Protection Agency’s 37-year-old po... Read More
National Security & International Relations
Schrader Statement on House Passage of CISPACongressman Kurt Schrader today released the following statement after House passage of H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA): “Our nation’s public and private networks a... Read MoreSchrader Announces Town Hall with State Senator Devlin in West LinnCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today announced that he will hold a town hall event in West Linn where he will be joined by Oregon State Senator Richard Devlin (D-Tualatin). Schrader will discuss the... Read More
Energy & Environment,
Forestry & Natural Resources
SCHRADER-DEFAZIO-WALDEN O&C PLAN TAKES MAJOR STEP FORWARDToday, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss a bipartisan legislative proposal from Representatives Kurt Schrader (D-Canby), Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield), and Greg Walden (R... Read More
Energy & Environment,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Testifies in House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Bipartisan O&C ProposalCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today testified in front of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation regarding the bipartisan O&C Trust, Conservation, and... Read MoreSchrader Statement on Passing of Lynn LundquistCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today released the following statement after the passing of former Oregon House Speaker and Oregon Business Association leader Lynn Lundquist: “I have very fond memori... Read More
Education
Schrader Joins Colleagues to Prevent Doubling of Student Loan Interest RatesCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today cosponsored legislation to prevent the doubling of the student loan interest rate for undergraduate students with Federal subsidized Stafford loans. Under curren... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
Reps. Schrader, Herrera Beutler Applaud Supreme Court Ruling on “Forest Roads”Representatives Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) today applauded the United States Supreme Court’s overturning an earlier Ninth Circuit Court decision to upend more than 35 years... Read More
Budget, Deficit Reduction & Fiscal Reform
Schrader Votes Against Ryan Budget In House Budget Committee Mark-upCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today called on the House Budget Committee to take a balanced, bipartisan approach to solving the ongoing fiscal crisis during mark-up of the House Republican 2014 bud... Read More |