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Health Care
Ten House Democrats Unveil Plan to Stabilize & Improve the Individual MarketplaceLess than one week after Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that a limited bill could be needed to stabilize the health insurance marketplace, a group of House Democrats from across... Read MoreOregon Democrat Pushes Affordable Care Act FixAs Republicans work to replace the Affordable Care Act, Democrats have taken up a challenge to improve the existing health insurance marketplace. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K... Read MoreExclusive: House Democrats introduce new plan to fix ObamacareA small group of Democratic legislators will do something unusual Wednesday morning: hold a press conference to talk about the parts of Obamacare that are broken. Ten House Democrats will unveil a new... Read MoreSchrader & Bipartisan Pacific Northwest Delegation Introduce Legislation to Address FCRPS Biological OpinionToday, Pacific Northwest Reps. Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), and Greg Walden (OR-02) introduced bipartisan legislation to ... Read MoreOregon Senators, Representatives Introduce Bipartisan, Common-Sense Bill to Ensure Oregon Counties Can Use Emergency Response FundsOregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Kurt Schrader (OR-5), Greg Walden (OR-2), and Peter DeFazio (OR-4), today introduced legislation to ensure that Oregon counties... Read MoreSchrader: Republican Repeal Sends Affordable Health Coverage Into A Death SpiralIn response to the public release of the Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-5) released the following statement: “The Republican repeal bill that the Senate i... Read More
Education
Bipartisan Schrader Bill to Strengthen Career & Technical Education Passes with Unanimous SupportCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05)’s bill to advance workforce development passed unanimously in the House today. The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act will support ... Read More
Environment and Climate Change,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader Bill to Prevent Forest Fires, Reduce Blackouts Passes the HouseCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-5)’s bill to improve the safety and reliability of the electric grid on our federal lands, the Electric Reliability and Forest Protection Act, passed through the House wi... Read More
Oregon First,
Environment and Climate Change,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader, Newhouse Lead Bipartisan Request Urging President Trump to Renegotiate Columbia River TreatyReps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) were joined today by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Greg Walden (R-OR), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), and Dave Reichert (... Read More
Oregon First,
Environment and Climate Change,
Forestry & Natural Resources
Defending the Pacific Northwest from Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species: Northwest Members of Congress Seek Protection of Columbia River Ecosystem, Hydropower InfrastructureToday, Members of Congress from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke requesting assistance to combat the spread of an invasive species of mussels that th... Read More |