Pasteurization without representation? Kentucky lawmaker wants to boost raw milkEnough of this "pasteurization without representation," protested Rep. Thomas Massie. The Kentucky Republican wants to make it easier for small-scale farmers to sell raw milk,and his outrage spilled o... Read MoreHazing Sea Lions Not A Long-Term FixA peculiar war is being waged on the Columbia River as tribes seek to keep sea lions from decimating salmon runs, and the sea mammals refuse to give up the all-you-can-eat buffet. Three days a week, B... Read More
Animal Welfare
Rep. Schrader’s Bill to Reauthorize Animal Drug User Fee Act Passes Out of CommitteeCongressman Kurt Schrader’s (OR-05) bipartisan bill (H.R. 5554) to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) p... Read More
Health Care
Schrader, Welch Introduce Bill to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate LoopholeCongressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) and Congressman Peter Welch (VT-At Large) today introduced a bill to close a loophole in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program that may be costing the Medicaid program as ... Read More
Health Care
Medicaid Drug Rebate Accountability ActUnder the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, drug manufacturers who wish to have their drugs covered by Medicaid must pay a rebate to federal and state governments, and the rebate rate is different for bra... Read MoreArmy Corps Mulling 1-Year Detroit Dam Draw Down After Public BacklashSTAYTON – When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its initial plan to draw down the water level of Detroit Lake in an effort to help fish, much of the backlash about the plan concerned the two-... Read MoreThe Media’s Different Takes on a Dam BillAfter passage in Congress of HR 3144 on April 25, Rep. Dan Newhouse and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers held an open media call. It was interesting as an apprentice journalist to observe the journeymen at... Read More
Oregon First,
Health Care
Schrader, Mullin Introduce Bill to Reauthorize State Offices of Rural HealthCongressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced the State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018. The bill reauthorizes the State Offices of Rural Heal... Read More
Oregon First,
Transportation & Infrastructure
Oregon Lawmakers Seek Flood Study for PortlandSens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, and Suzanne Bonamici today strongly urged federal officials to support a flood protection feasibility study fo... Read More |