Transportation & Infrastructure | Congressman Kurt Schrader

After passage of a 34th consecutive short-term patch, Schrader urges leadership to take action and seriously address our nation's infrastructure needs

Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader Blasts House Passage of Reckless, Short-Term Transportation Funding Extension

July 15, 2015

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

Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader Statement on House Passage of 2-Month Transportation Funding Extension

May 19, 2015

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...

Transportation Committee passes bipartisan Coast Guard bill

Oregon First, Transportation & Infrastructure

DeFazio, Schrader Push Legislation to Permanently Save Newport Air Station

April 30, 2015

Washington, D.C. –. Today, Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) pushed for committee passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, legislation that would keep the Newpo...

Transportation & Infrastructure

Oregon Members Fight for Investments, Critical Maintenance of Oregon’s Ports

January 20, 2015

Today, members of the Oregon Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy encouraging the Obama Administration to use a portion of the federal funds allocated for dredging at Oregon’s ports.

Environment and Climate Change, Transportation & Infrastructure

Why I voted for the Keystone XL Pipeline: Guest opinion

January 20, 2015

Op-Ed in The Oregonian

Transportation & Infrastructure, Trade

Kurt Schrader for first time joins Republicans in voting for Keystone pipeline

January 9, 2015

Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader and representatives from Washington and California called on President Barack Obama on Thursday to invoke the federal Taft-Hartley Act to resolve congestion at West Coast por...

Oregon First, Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader Praises Passage of Port Infrastructure Legislation

May 20, 2014

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing another major bipartisan piece of legislation, the Water Resources Reform and Development A...

Oregon First, Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader Praises Passage of Legislation To Assist Japanese Tsunami Debris Clean Up

April 1, 2014

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today praised the passage of an important legislative package which will assist communities along the Oregon coast that were impacted by debris fields caused by the Ma...

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Schrader Responds to the State of the Union Address

January 28, 2014

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today released the following statement after the President delivered his State of the Union address: “I appreciate the President’s remarks this evening, particularly h...

Oregon First, Small Business, Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader Votes to Bolster Oregon Ports, Waterways

October 23, 2013

Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today voted in favor of the Water Resource Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), a bill authorizing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain and develop our nation’s...