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Health Care
Right Rebate Act of 2019Congressman Schrader introduced the Right Rebate Act of 2019 with his colleague Rep. Peter Welch (VT-At Large). It closed a loophole in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program that may have cost the Medicaid... Read More
Health Care
BLOCKING Act of 2019Rep. Schrader and Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) introduced the bipartisan Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, to increase c... Read MoreRep. Schrader Statement on Government ReopeningFollowing a visit with federal workers at Portland International Airport (PDX), Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) issued the following statement regarding the President’s decision to agree to a three-... Read MoreOregon Members Call for Unemployment Insurance for All Federal EmployeesCongressman Kurt Schrader, along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, and Peter DeFazio, sent a letter today to the Department of Labor asking to make... Read MoreVeterinary Medicine Caucus Co-Chairs Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Stop Horse SoringCo-Chairs of the Congressional Veterinary Medicine Caucus, Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) and Congressman Ted S. Yoho (R-FL-03), today introduced the U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial PAST ... Read More
Animal Welfare
U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) ActThe U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act was introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader and Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), both veterinarians and co-chairs of the Veterinary Medi... Read MoreMore than 70 members of Congress reject pay during shutdownAs federal employees brace themselves for their first missed paychecks on Friday, some members of Congress have decided to join them in a show of solidarity and refuse their paychecks. So far, 71 mem... Read MoreRep Schrader: Congress should not get paid during government shutdownOregon Democratic Congressman Kurt Schrader talks one-on-one with KATU's Brian Wood about what it will take to end the government shutdown, and how quickly he thinks it would end if members of Congre... Read More
Oregon First
Airport workers ‘held hostage’ in government shutdown as Oregon politicians call for actionMore than 700 air traffic controllers and security officers continue to show up to work at airports across Oregon with no assurance of their next paycheck as the federal government shutdown hit the 18... Read More
Oregon First
Oregon Rep. Suzanne Bonamici calls for immediate end to government shutdownTwo Democratic members of Congress from Oregon met with TSA agents and air-traffic controllers at Portland International Airport on Tuesday before flying back to Washington, D.C. U.S. representatives ... Read More |