Earl Blumenauer

Western House Members Ask for FEMA Disaster Declaration
Western House Members Ask for FEMA Disaster Declaration
Western House Members Ask for FEMA Disaster Declaration
After record heat and wildfires devastated many portions of the west, several members of Congress have asked President Biden to declare a drought disaster. Democrats Joe Neguse of Colorado and Jared Huffman of California, whose districts have been hit hard by drought and wildfires, joined 31 other lawmakers in the House asking the president and FEMA to release additional resources to help Western
Newhouse Advocates For Dams At Environmental Conference
Newhouse Advocates For Dams At Environmental Conference
Newhouse Advocates For Dams At Environmental Conference
Last week, Representative Dan Newhouse served as a keynote speaker at the Andrus Center for Public Policy’s 2021 Environmental Conference at Boise State University. The Conference, “Energy, Salmon, Agriculture and Community” focused on the survival of salmon, energy production and economic development across the Pacific Northwest. Other key note ...
Democrats Seek Climate Change Considerations in Transportation Policy
Democrats Seek Climate Change Considerations in Transportation Policy
Democrats Seek Climate Change Considerations in Transportation Policy
A group of Congressional Democrats is urging the Transportation Department to prioritize consideration of climate change in transportation policy. In a request to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the group says, “we cannot make progress toward emissions reductions without a program to measure and report on performance.” ...
Merkley, Murray Question Redirecting Of Minority Program Funding
Merkley, Murray Question Redirecting Of Minority Program Funding
Merkley, Murray Question Redirecting Of Minority Program Funding
Several Northwest lawmakers are asking the USDA why funds have been redirected from a program designed to help farmers who are immigrants, people of color and veterans. The letter signed by Washington Senator Patty Murray, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer, asks the USDA’s Mike Beatty to explain why funding appropriated for  the Outreach and Assistance for Soci
Summer Passage of USMCA Looking Doubtful
Summer Passage of USMCA Looking Doubtful
Summer Passage of USMCA Looking Doubtful
Key lawmakers in Washington, D.C., cast significant doubt on the possibility of the USMCA getting passed through Congress yet this summer. This comes in spite of the fact that political pressure is ramping up. Congress has a long summer recess rapidly approaching...