Category Archives: Congress/Senate

Greg Walden leads effort to protect conservation, economic growth in Deschutes Basin

Rep. Greg Walden helped secure a decision that will further assist conservation efforts in the Deschutes Basin aimed at improving habitat for steelhead reintroduced above Pelton Round Butte Dam. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz_z4DRCzII

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Atkinson fights for rural county payments

SALEM, OR – Oregon’s rural counties are in dire finical trouble without federal timber payments and Senator Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point) is fighting to keep them afloat. Senator Atkinson voted to pass House Joint Memorial 25 on the floor today, … Continue reading

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Greg Walden calls on EPA to follow through on energy study

House also passes bill to lift ban on new offshore domestic energy production WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Lisa Jackson calling on the agency to produce a long-stalled energy … Continue reading

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Congressman Greg Walden on the death of Osama bin Laden

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Greg Walden released the following statement on the death of Osama bin Laden.

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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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