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National Security & International Relations
Schrader Votes To Restrict Domestic NSA SurveillanceCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the Amash-Conyers amendment to H.R. 2397, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 2014. The am... Read MoreSchrader Leads Bipartisan Group In Unveiling Comprehensive Government Reform PackageCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today led a bipartisan group of eighty House and Senate members, dubbed the No Labels Problem Solvers, in unveiling a comprehensive legislative initiative to make gove... Read More
Agriculture
Schrader Takes House Floor to Urge Colleagues to Oppose Partisan Farm Bill, Work TogetherCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) took to the House floor today to call on his colleagues to oppose the House Republican Farm Bill and work together to find bipartisan solutions to strengthen our nati... Read More
Health Care
Schrader, Rothfus Introduce Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice ActCongressmen Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Keith Rothfus (R-PA) today introduced H.R. 2453, the Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2013. This bipartisan legislation restores the open enrollm... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
Reps. Schrader, Gosar, Kilmer & Noem Introduce Bipartisan Healthy Forest CaucusRepresentatives Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Kristi Noem (R-SD) have introduced the bipartisan Healthy Forest Caucus to focus on the state of forest health, forest ... Read MoreSchrader Tribal Bills Pass Unanimously Out of House Natural Resources CommitteeTwo pieces of legislation introduced by Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) to streamline the process for the Grand Ronde and Siletz tribes to take land into trust passed unanimously today in the House N... Read More
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 More |