WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Continues Push to Reauthorize Program Supporting Rural Idaho Counties Washington, D.C. \--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) led U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and 17 other Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation, S. 356, to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service's Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through Fiscal Year 2026.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Wyden Announce Senate Finance Subcommittee Assignments Washington, D.C. \--Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) today announced subcommittee assignments, Joint Committee on Taxation membership and the designation of members to serve as Congressional Trade Advisors for the 119 th Congress. Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Famil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Today, all six Democratic physicians in the House of Representatives spoke out against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Representatives Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25), Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), Kelly Morrison, M.D. (MN-03), and Herb Conaway, M.D. (NJ-03) released the following joint st  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), in her capacity as Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and full Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02) sent a letter to Republican Committee Chair Bruce Westerman demanding a committee hearing on Trump's unprecedented and illegal late-night firing of inspectors general from var  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Finance Committee Members Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Medicare Patients' Access to Cancer Detection Technologies Washington, D.C. \--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee member Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), with Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Finance Committee member Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), reintroduced the Medicare Multi-Cancer Ear  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: A six-count indictment was unsealed today charging a Viroqua, Wisconsin, man for allegedly selling firearms and related parts without a license to buyers in Saudi Arabia, shipping the prohibited items, and then lying to federal inspectors about it. According to allegations in the indictment, Mark John Buschman, 60, conducted an illegal export conspirac  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * As Prepared for Delivery This morning the Finance Committee will vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to serve as our nation's chief health care officer. Before we get to Mr. Kennedy and why I believe he's unfit to serve as HHS Secretary, I'd like to say this: the last several days we've witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal   more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 4 -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * Reports detail lessons from 2024 summer learning investment Summer learning works, according to two Oregon Department of Education reports issued Monday. House Bill 4082 (2024) allotted $30 million for summer learning grants and directed ODE to study the results and propose recommendations. The State Summer Learning Grant 2024 Implementation Analysis Report and 2024 Summer SEED Stud  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., voted against advancing Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to serve as director of national intelligence in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today. "Tulsi Gabbard's statements, writings, and record since she left Congress show that she views issues of national security and foreign intelligence primarily through an extreme partisan lens. Disturbingly, Ms. Gabbard  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Today, Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley -- a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - and Ron Wyden joined an effort led by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) that raises the alarm of the growing chaos and dysfunction at the U.S. Department of State and the Trump Administration's illegal attempt to destroy the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID is a critical pillar of U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) said today that they along with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and 17 other Senate colleagues have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) administered for counties hosting both U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management forested land  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Marshals Arrest Sexually Violent Predator in Western Washington Michael McDowell, Deputy U.S. Marshal Eastern District of Washington (509) 435-2463 Poulsbo, WA - Deputy U.S. Marshals and members of the agency's Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force apprehended at the Poulsbo Marina a man wanted for nearly a year on an outstanding federal warrant for failure to comply   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Crapo, and Risch Push to Reauthorize Program Supporting Rural Counties in Oregon, Idaho and Nationwide Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) said today that they along with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and 17 other Senate colleagues have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and S  more