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The state of Oregon has relied entirely on mail-in voting since 1998.

All Oregonians deserve clean water and achieving that vital public health mission requires consistent and robust federal investment in modern infrastructure throughout our state.

Congress designed these boards and commissions to be bipartisan and gave them the authority to regulate some of the most vital and significant parts of American life.

Regular Americans can’t count on those companies to stand up to government jawboning, they need a way to level the playing field.

As long as the Trump administration continues to place children in immigration custody, Congress has a responsibility to establish clear protections for their safety, dignity, and legal rights.

This bill is the floor, not the ceiling. While we fight to end child detention altogether, we must ensure that every child in federal custody is protected by basic standards of due process and humane treatment.

This entire episode raises serious questions about whether the Administration is intentionally slowing the refund process in order to retain access to unlawfully collected funds for as long as possible.

Jawboning isn’t partisan, and it isn’t new. Nearly all of Americans’ speech – including TV news, online streams and social media — flows through private corporations that are highly susceptible to government pressure.

If there is going to be an extension of these authorities, there needs to be some guardrails or at least some transparency that would allow Congress and the American people to understand the abuses that have taken place and the need for…

Every day that Section 702 is in effect without reforms is a day that Americans’ rights are under threat.

My bill would not change surveillance powers at all. Republicans are apparently willing to let this key surveillance authority expire to continue their cover up of ongoing FISA abuses.

That means tens of billions of dollars unlawfully collected from American businesses remain in government hands months after the courts ordered their return.

“But when people hear that the Roadless Rule is being wiped out, they say nobody's going in there with a scalpel. They're going in there more with a cannon.”

Nearly all of Americans' speech—including TV news, online streams and social media—flows through private corporations that are highly susceptible to government pressure.

While we’re building a lot of new housing, the new tax credit for first time buyers is an important opportunity to help a lot more people, particularly young families just starting out, achieve the American dream of homeownership.