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Oregon First,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Applauds Attention Given to Wildfires, Says There’s More to Be DoneThe House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing today titled “Exploring Solutions to Reduce Risks of Catastrophic Wildfire and Improve Resiliency of National Forests,” focused on finding solut... Read More
Oregon First,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Oregon Members Push for Emergency Wildfire Suppression AssistanceRep. Kurt Schrader (OR-05), along with Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Greg Walden (OR-02), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Peter DeFazio (OR-04) today sent a second letter to House leaders and the House... Read More
Oregon First,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Oregon Delegation Presses Secs. Zinke and Perdue for Additional Resources to Fight WildfiresOregon’s Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, and Greg Walden today urged federal land management agencies to heed Oregon Gov. Ka... Read More
Oregon First,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Oregon Members Urge Wildfire Assistance in Hurricane Harvey Emergency Spending BillReps. Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Greg Walden (OR-02), and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) today sent a letter to House leaders requesting that emergency funding fo... Read More
Environment and Climate Change,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Bill to Prevent Forest Fires, Reduce Blackouts Passes the HouseCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-5)’s bill to improve the safety and reliability of the electric grid on our federal lands, the Electric Reliability and Forest Protection Act, passed through the House wi... Read More
Oregon First,
Environment and Climate Change,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader, Newhouse Lead Bipartisan Request Urging President Trump to Renegotiate Columbia River TreatyReps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) were joined today by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Greg Walden (R-OR), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), and Dave Reichert (... Read More
Oregon First,
Environment and Climate Change,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Defending the Pacific Northwest from Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species: Northwest Members of Congress Seek Protection of Columbia River Ecosystem, Hydropower InfrastructureToday, Members of Congress from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke requesting assistance to combat the spread of an invasive species of mussels that th... Read More
Oregon First,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader, Simpson Reintroduce Wildfire Disaster Funding ActIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson and Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader today reintroduced the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (WDFA), legislation which would fix the current budgeting process for wildfires... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Reintroduces Bipartisan Timber Innovation ActWASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Oregon’s Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, have joined Senate and House colleagues in intro... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
Congress gets a chance to back tall wood buildingsTall wood buildings, a movement that’s begun to pick up steam in Oregon, would get a boost from the federal government under bipartisan legislation proposed in Congress on Tuesday. The Timber Innovati... Read More |