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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced key provisions in education and health care in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill that will help Oregon communities. The bill passed the full Senate on Tuesday and is expected to pass the U.S. House of Representatives next week.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Ron Wyden today partnered to urge the director of the Air National Guard to rapidly begin wildfire training for National Guard members, after the senators secured both authorization in the 2018 defense bill and funding in the 2018 spending bill to provide states like Oregon the firefighting resources they need to respond to catastrophic wildfires.
Read MoreU.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on voting for the must-pass government spending bill approved tonight by the Senate:
“Congress tonight took significant steps toward addressing the infernos that are ravaging Oregon and the West,”Wyden said. “I have fought for years to end ‘fire borrowing’ and provide a long-term, bipartisan fix to the Forest Service’s common-sense defying wildfire budget. I’m proud that my solution with Sen. Crapo will now become law and start allowing the Forest Service to get back to work in the woods to do the fire prevention that can save lives and protect communities in Oregon and nationwide.
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