Month: February 2024

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MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE OSU TO RECEIVE $1.5 MILLION FOR LEADERSHIP ON PESTICIDE INFORMATION, SAFETY AWARENESS 

February 7, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE OSU TO RECEIVE $1.5 MILLION FOR LEADERSHIP ON PESTICIDE INFORMATION, SAFETY AWARENESS 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Oregon State University (OSU) will receive $1.5 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer the National Pesticide Information Center […]

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VAN HOLLEN, DURBIN, KAINE, SCHATZ & COLLEAGUES FILE AMENDMENT REQUIRING THE USE OF U.S. SUPPLEMENTAL AID COMPLY WITH U.S., INTERNATIONAL LAW

February 7, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on VAN HOLLEN, DURBIN, KAINE, SCHATZ & COLLEAGUES FILE AMENDMENT REQUIRING THE USE OF U.S. SUPPLEMENTAL AID COMPLY WITH U.S., INTERNATIONAL LAW

AMENDMENT HAS SUPPORT OF 19 SENATORS WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) along with 15 of their colleagues are filing their amendment to […]

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WYDEN, MERKLEY STATEMENT ON BIPARTISAN SENATE CONFIRMATION OF AMY M. BAGGIO FOR U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN OREGON

February 7, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on WYDEN, MERKLEY STATEMENT ON BIPARTISAN SENATE CONFIRMATION OF AMY M. BAGGIO FOR U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN OREGON

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’sU.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after a bipartisan Senate vote to confirm Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Amy M. Baggio for a seat on the U.S. […]

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Bentz Joins Colleagues in Challenging Use of Enron Era Statute as Basis For Sentencing January 6th Defendants

February 7, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Bentz Joins Colleagues in Challenging Use of Enron Era Statute as Basis For Sentencing January 6th Defendants

WASHINGTON — Congressman Cliff Bentz (Or-02) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (Oh-04) and 20 fellow members of Congress in filing an amicus (Friend of the Court) brief in the Supreme […]

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Murray on Senate Republicans Voting Down Comprehensive Supplemental: They Will Be “Telling the World American Leadership Has Been Hollowed Out by Republican Obstruction”

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***WATCH: Senator Murray’s floor remarks*** Washington, D.C. — Today, ahead of a vote to proceed with consideration of the Senate’s comprehensive bipartisan national security supplemental, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke […]