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Oregon First
Schrader Praises House Passage of Flood Insurance Bill

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing bipartisan flood insurance reform. This legislation will prevent unaffordable flood insuran...

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Oregon First
Reps. Schrader and Marino Introduce Bipartisan Flood Insurance Bill

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Congressman Tom Marino (R-PA) today introduced bipartisan legislation to provide relief from costly, unreasonable flood insurance premium hikes that are set to tak...

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Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Statement on Senate Committee Hearing Regarding O & C Lands Legislation

Congressman Schrader today released the following statement on today’s hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding pending O & C lands legislation: “I applaud Senator Wyd...

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Bill would end 'fire borrowing' and ensure resources available for hazardous fuel removal
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader and Simpson Introduce Bill to Fix Wildfire Budget

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson and Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader today introduced legislation to make common sense changes to the federal wildfire budget. H.R. 3992, the Wildfire Disaster Funding A...

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Oregon First, Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Praises Senate Passage of 2014 Farm Bill

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today released the following statement praising the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill in the U.S. Senate: “I applaud the Senate’s passage of the 2014 Farm Bill, which is a...

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Oregon First
Schrader Praises Senate Passage of Flood Insurance Bill

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today released the following statement praising the Senate passage of a bill to provide relief from flood insurance premium increases: “I applaud the Senate for passin...

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Oregon First, Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Praises House Passage of Farm Bill

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the 2014 Farm Bill, which enacts various reforms that will save taxpayers an estimated $23 ...

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Oregon First, Agriculture
Schrader Praises Ruling on Labor Department's "Hot Goods" Cases

Yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge, which effectively threw out the U.S. Department of Labor’s consent agreements imposed on two Oregon blueberry farms back in the summer of 2012, was praised by Co...

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Oregon First
Schrader's Efforts to Delay Costly, Unfair Flood Insurance Premium Hikes Passes the House

After meeting with coastal residents and state and local officials throughout much of last year, Congressman Kurt Schrader helped lead the charge in the House of Representatives to get this critical l...

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