Monthly Archives: April 2011

News from Salem: Still no Senate action on glaring PERS problems

Salem, OR – The State Senate has chosen to leave a massive deficit in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) unaddressed for another year. An important deadline for scheduling bills came and went on Friday without so much as a … Continue reading

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Success! The First of Rep. Greg Smith’s Four Wolf Bills Advances Out of Committee To House Floor

The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee today unanimously approved House Bill 3562 to allow Oregonians to take a gray wolf if the animal is threatening their lives or the lives of other people. Rep. Greg Smith (R-Heppner) introduced the … Continue reading

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Rep. Greg Walden’s Congressional News – Delisting gray wolf through congressional action

Dear Constituents: This week, I joined 259 of my colleagues in passing bipartisan commonsense legislation that will return the management of the gray wolf to the states. The provision to delist the gray wolf population from the federal Endangered Species … Continue reading

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HOUSE REPUBLICANS LAMENT LEGISLATURE’S FAILURE TO ADOPT K-12 EDUCATION REFORMS

SALEM, Ore —Republican members on the House Education Committee held a news conference on April 8, to lament the Legislature’s failure to pursue and adopt reforms to Oregon’s K-12 education system.  Republicans say entrenched special interests are blocking reforms and … Continue reading

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Video: Greg Walden: ‘We’re not here to shut down the government. We’re here to cut government spending.’

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With Walden’s support, House moves to protect farmers and others from duplicative permit requirement that threatens public health

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation that would block new regulations that would subject farmers, mosquito control districts, and others to duplicative permitting and tens of thousands of dollars in counter-productive fines.

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