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...
Schrader, DeFazio, Merkley, Wyden Announce $8 Million Investment in Mill City Infrastructure
Oregon’s U.S. Congressmen Kurt Schrader and Peter DeFazio, who is ranking member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, along with Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, today announc...
Following the release of the President’s budget proposal today, Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-5), the former co-chair of the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, issued the following s...
Schrader Responds to President's Final State of the Union Address
Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s final State of the Union address tonight. Schrader entered office in 2009, when Obama was sworn in f...
Schrader, Wyden, Merkley Applaud FCC's Decision to Continue Support to Rural Oregon Telecom Companies
Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Kurt Schrader applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to continue the eligibility of the Gervais, Mt. Angel, and ...
Schrader, Newhouse Applaud Passage of Port Performance Program in Surface Transportation Bill
Today, Congressmen Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statements applauding passage of the bipartisan H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act to ...
Today, the House passed a full 6-year reauthorization of the surface transportation act, H.R. 22, the DRIVE ACT. The bill passed the House by a vote of 364-64. Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) releas...
Schrader Announces $2M TIGER Grant for Port of Newport
Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) today announced a $2 million grant award to the Port of Newport. The funds were awarded by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Transportation Investment Generati...
Schrader Blasts House Passage of Reckless, Short-Term Transportation Funding Extension
Washington – Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) released the following statement regarding his vote against H.R. 3038, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II. The bill extends the ...
After passage of 33rd consecutive short-term patch, Schrader urges his colleagues to work together and pass long-term surface transportation funding package
Schrader Statement on House Passage of 2-Month Transportation Funding Extension
Washington – Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) released the following statement regarding his vote against H.R. 2353, the Transportation and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2015.The bill passed the Hous...