Kurt Schrader

Despite more than 20,000 ballots that remain uncounted in Clackamas County, Congressman Kurt Schrader has conceded falling in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District primary. Over the weekend, Schrader congratulating Jamie McLeod Skinner for her win in the May primary. S ...

On Friday, the Oregon Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of Jonathan Sandau as Assistant Director. Most recently, Sandau served as a special assistant to the director focusing on the legislature, budget development, and strategic planning ...

Four of the five Republicans running for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District took to a virtual stage, last week. Those that participated agreed on a number of issues, including preserving gun rights and cutting off pandemic spending. Whe ...

Last week several Northwest lawmakers called on the USDA to press its counterparts in Mexico for that country to honor and expedite the U.S.-Mexico trade deal. That deal restores U.S. fresh potato exports to all of Mexico, rather that just locations near the border with the United States ...

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

Earlier this week, the American Veterinary Medical Association reaffirmed its support for the Healthy Dog Importation Act. The legislation is designed to reduce the spread of diseases that could be dangerous to human and animal health. The bill provides the Department of Agriculture with additional resources to monitor and safeguard the health of dogs brought into the United States ... Read Mor

Last week, Representatives Dan Newhouse, Jimmy Panetta, Jim Costa and others led 70 colleagues writing a bipartisan letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and the USDA, calling on him to spend specific funding to protect Ag workers. The letter calls on Perdue to make at least $1.5 bi ...

Members of the Congressional Western Caucus issued a statement condemning obstruction of active fire management policies by Senate Democrats.  The statement says the 2018 deadly and destructive wildfire season has further solidified the need for active forest management provisions found in the House-passed Farm Bill.  The gro...

By a 225 to 189 vote, the House voted in favor of legislation intended to protect the Columbia and Snake River dams.  House Resolution 3144 would return flows over the eight northwest dams by codifying the 2014 Biological Opinion.  In addition to the impacts on travel and barging on the river system, the draw down will reportedly cost Northwest energy users $40 million in 2018, alone.  The bip...

On Tuesday, Representative Dan Newhouse led 43 members in a bipartisan request that market development programs be reauthorized.  The Bipartisan request was sent to House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway and Ranking Member Collin Peterson.  Th...