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Budget, Deficit Reduction & Fiscal Reform
Schrader Bill to Demand Biennial Budgeting Reaches Over 218 CosponsorsWASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation to reform Congress’s broken budget process reached a milestone today, as the Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2015 now enjoys the support of a bipartisan... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
The Hill: Resilient Federal Forests Act treats symptom and diseaseAs you read this, catastrophic wildfires continue to burn the western United States with no end in sight. More than 8.8 million acres of federal land have burned this summer. The U.S. Forest Service i... Read MoreStatesman Journal: Treat record-breaking wildfires by changing budgetOregon is fighting our worst fire season in recent memory. To date, over 333,000 acres have burned in our state and over 8 million acres total in the West. More than 1,000 residents have been forced t... Read More
Oregon First,
Health Care
Schrader Pushes VA Director to Improve Doctor RetentionCongressman Kurt Schrader today sent a letter to Portland Veterans Administration (VA) Director Joanne Krumberger urging her to address a troubling increase in departures of Primary Care Providers (PC... Read More
Oregon First,
National Security & International Relations
Schrader to Board: 'Oregon Guardsmen Deserve Better'In the wake of a recent decision saddling American taxpayers with more than $30 million in legal fees to military contractor KBR, Congressman Kurt Schrader released the following statement renewing hi... Read More
National Security & International Relations
Schrader Statement on Iran Nuclear AgreementCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) announced his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed to by the P5+1 countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, China and R... Read More
Energy & Environment
Schrader Announces $32K in Funding for Oregon Small BusinessesWashington – Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) announced the award of grants for two small businesses in Oregon’s fifth Congressional District through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural... Read More
Forestry & Natural Resources
Oregon Lawmakers: Get Hemp Pilot Project Ready for Next SeasonWashington, D.C. – Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici asked the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) an... Read More
Health Care
Coordinated Care for the Sickest Medicare PatientsWASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), John Larson (CT-01), Tom Reed (NY-23), and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) introduced legislation to explore how Medicare can better treat the mo... Read More
Agriculture,
Small Business
Schrader Urges Passage of Safe Food Labeling ActWashington – Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) released the following statement regarding his vote for H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015, of which he was an original cosponsor... Read More |