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Pasteurization without representation? Kentucky lawmaker wants to boost raw milk

Enough 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...

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Hood River News
Hazing Sea Lions Not A Long-Term Fix

A 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...

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Animal Welfare
Rep. Schrader’s Bill to Reauthorize Animal Drug User Fee Act Passes Out of Committee

Congressman 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...

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Health Care
Schrader, Welch Introduce Bill to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole

Congressman 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 ...

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H.R.5712
Health Care
Medicaid Drug Rebate Accountability Act

Under 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...

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H.Res.876
Education
Supporting the goal of increasing public school teacher pay and public education funding

H.Res.876 is a resolution of support for raising teacher pay and increasing investment in public schools.

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Statesman Journal
Army Corps Mulling 1-Year Detroit Dam Draw Down After Public Backlash

STAYTON – 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-...

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The Spokesman Review
The Media’s Different Takes on a Dam Bill

After 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...

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Oregon First, Health Care
Schrader, Mullin Introduce Bill to Reauthorize State Offices of Rural Health

Congressman 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...

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Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer, DeFazio, Bonamici, Schrader cite Army Corps concerns covering former Vanport area
Oregon First, Transportation & Infrastructure
Oregon Lawmakers Seek Flood Study for Portland

Sens. 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...

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