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Cantwell Highlights Broadband Connectivity Needs of Washington State Tribes, Calls on Committee to Address Tribal Digital Divide as Indian Affairs Committee Considers Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) stressed the importance of closing the Tribal digital divide, highlighting the broadband connectivity needs of Washington state Tribes and […]

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Video: Senator Murray on SCOTUS: Republicans Must Let Next President Fill Vacancy, Health Care and Workers’ Rights “Hang in the Balance”

(Washington, D.C.) –Today, in a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, urged her Republican colleagues to let Americans make their voices […]

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Oregon Delegation Presses Trump Administration to Expedite Burned Area Emergency Response for Oregon Wildfires

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today led Sen. Jeff Merkley and Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Interior to expedite the initiation […]

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Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer, DeFazio Introduce Legislation to Ensure Equal Access to Disaster Relief for Cannabis Businesses

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., today introduced legislation that would ensure state-legal cannabis businesses can qualify for disaster recovery programs like any other business. As wildfires […]