WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation is sending a total of $37.4 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to three irrigation districts in Central Oregon for piping projects that will boost drought resiliency, conserve almost 5,000 acre-feet of water annually, and create stronger aquatic ecosystems in the Deschutes River Basin. "Benefits from these   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Representatives Mike Thompson (D-Calif.-04) and Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.-01) urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to take immediate actions to implement their bipartisan legislation providing critical tax relief and getting money back into the hands of wildfire survivors. President Biden recently signed the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act into law, which included thei  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced the Protecting Foster Youth Resources Act to protect the benefits and assets of foster youth by stopping states from making disabled and orphaned foster youth pay for their own care. When child welfare entities serve as Social Security Representative Payees for foster youth, they are supposed to act as fiduciaries and use funds in the be  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Under the leadership of Chair Durbin, the Senate Judiciary Committee held 145 full Committee hearings, 88 subcommittee hearings, and 86 executive business meetings; advanced 373 executive and judicial nominees out of Committee; and reported 56 bills out of Committee from 2021 to 2024 Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a review of the accomplishme  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36818) entitled "Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad Inc. - Lease and Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment - Union Pacific Railroad Co.": * * * Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and operate  more