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Mr. Chair, data centers are sucking up our most precious resource: water. Larger data centers can each drink up to 5 million gallons per day or about 1.8 billion gallons annually, usage equivalent to a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people. At a…
back-to-school season should be a time of excitement, a time when families pick out backpacks, meet teachers, and look ahead to a year of learning and growth. However, for the Merlos family, a Portland family, homeowners, businessowners…
For Trump to reinstate a complete ban on abortion care and counseling at the VA – even in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life or health of the mother — is an utter betrayal of that promise.
I rise today as a mother, a physician, and a Member of Congress horrified by the ongoing massacre in Gaza. This is not a humanitarian crisis in abstract. It is the result of choices, choices leading to preventable famine. While bombs are…
I rise today to declare that climate crisis is a public health emergency, and the Federal Government must treat it as such. In the last decade, more than half of the 120 public health emergency declarations issued by the Department of…
I rise today as someone who cherishes both the breathtaking beauty of our national parks and the fundamental right to clean air. When one asks what sets the United States apart, our national parks top the list, yet, increasingly, so does…
this week, my office received our 100,000th message from the people of Oregon's Third District. This is incredible. On an average day, I receive more than 650 messages, and that is just since being sworn in. We have got a lot to go. Here…
this year, I received a letter from Rachel, a mother in my district with stage IV lung cancer who is living on borrowed time. She is depending on future innovation driven by NIH research to see her son grow up. Her words are more powerful…
Oregon's Crater Lake National Park is a national treasure. As a lifelong hiker and camper, I have a deep affection for it among other national parks. During my high school and college years, road trips to national parks like Crater Lake…
I rise today to defend food assistance, not just in my district, but for millions of Americans across this country. Republicans passed a bill out of this Chamber enacting the largest ever cut to food assistance in our Nation's history…
I am again coming to the House floor, the people's Chamber, to say: The emergency isn't coming. It is now. Donald Trump's advisers are threatening to suspend habeas corpus. Habeas corpus is the constitutional right that protects Americans…
today I rise to celebrate Marilynn Weber, a remarkable leader whose impact on Kaiser Permanente Northwest and our community cannot be overstated. Marilynn served Kaiser Permanente Northwest for 35 years, including 8 years as the Northwest…
House Republicans' all-out attack on Medicaid is morally indefensible. In my district alone, over 255,000 Oregonians, including 59 percent of our children, rely on Medicaid for lifesaving care. These aren't just numbers. They are the…
And yet, instead of empowering states to raise the bar on clean air, Republicans are telling them to stand down.
The emergency isn't coming. It is here. Donald Trump is abducting American children. He is detaining judges. He is disappearing people into foreign prisons. This is authoritarianism in full view. I didn't come to Congress to sit back while…
Today, House Republicans betrayed their mothers, their sisters, their daughters, and every woman in their life. The so-called SAVE Act is an antiwoman, antidemocracy, voter suppression bill cloaked in lies about election integrity. With…
I thank my colleague for yielding and for his actions today. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on one of my eight amendments to the SAVE Act, which will be offered as the previous question today. Let me be clear: The SAVE Act is an…
What happened today is disgraceful. House Republicans have abandoned working Americans. They are taking housing and food from our seniors, children, and families. They have abandoned our veterans, the people who have bled for our country…
If Trump gets his way and guts the U.S. Department of Education, 7.5 million students with disabilities will lose access to critical special education services funded by the federal government.
It is Oregon's Third Congressional District, which is Portland to the beautiful mountain, Mount Hood, which is emblematic of our State.
I am grateful to be here. I appreciate the opportunity from my colleague from California (Mr. Garamendi). I rise today to join my Democratic colleagues in voicing our unwavering commitment to protecting the vital programs that Americans…
I am a pulmonologist, meaning I take care of people with lung disease, and a critical care physician, caring for people who are on life support in our intensive care units.
As has been true all along, they have no interest in protecting America's middle class. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is no longer recognized. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire of the gentlewoman how many more speakers…
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