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Oregon First
Oregon Congressional Delegation Presses for Federal Disaster Relief for Severe Winter StormsOregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, joined by Representatives Peter DeFazio (OR-4), Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), Greg Walden (OR-2), Kurt Schrader (OR-5) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), today presse... Read MoreSchrader, Huffman, McKinley, Walz, Reichert, & Katko Introduce Bipartisan IDEA Full Funding ActToday, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Tim Walz (D-MN), Dave Reichert (R-WA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), and John Katko (R-NY) introduced the bipartisan IDEA Full Funding Act, ... Read More
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Forestry & Natural Resources
Schrader, Simpson Reintroduce Wildfire Disaster Funding ActIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson and Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader today reintroduced the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (WDFA), legislation which would fix the current budgeting process for wildfires... Read MoreSchrader Votes to Protect Dodd-Frank, Rein in Wall StreetCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-5) voted against the Financial CHOICE Act today, which dismantles the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. “As a small business owner, I bel... Read More
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Oregon Delegation Honors Heroes of Portland Terrorist AttackRepresentative Earl Blumenauer, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, and Greg Walden today announced that they will introduce a join... Read MoreOregon Lawmakers Introduce Vote-by-Mail Bill to Fight Growing Tide of Voter SuppressionOregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, today introduced their bill to expand Oregon-style vote-by-ma... Read More
Veterans
Schrader Continues to Fight for Veterans, Introduces Bill to Protect Servicemembers from Home ForeclosureToday, Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) introduced the bipartisan Halting of Mortgage Exploitation of Servicemembers (HOMES) Act of 2017 to provide greater clarity a... Read More
Veterans
Schrader Proposes New Financial Protection for Soldiers, Dares Banks to ObjectMotivated by the story of Jacob McGreevey, the longtime Marine who lost his Vancouver home to foreclosure, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, has introduced a bill strengthening active-duty soldiers' prote... Read MoreHOMES Act of 2017The bipartisan Halting Of Mortgage Exploitation of Servicemembers (HOMES) Act of 2017 would amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to establish a 10-year statute of limitations for civil actions fo... Read More
Health Care
Schrader Bill to Lower Drug Costs Moves Forward with Unanimous SupportToday Congressman Kurt Schrader’s (OR-05) bipartisan bill to lower drug costs was unanimously approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health during the markup of the FDA Reauth... Read More |