Transportation & Infrastructure | Congressman Kurt Schrader

Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader, Wyden, Merkley Applaud FCC's Decision to Continue Support to Rural Oregon Telecom Companies

December 16, 2015

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 ...

Transportation & Infrastructure, Trade

Schrader, Newhouse Applaud Passage of Port Performance Program in Surface Transportation Bill

December 3, 2015

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 ...

Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader Supports Long-Term Highway Agreement

November 5, 2015

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...

Transportation & Infrastructure

Schrader Announces $2M TIGER Grant for Port of Newport

October 29, 2015

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...

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...