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.

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

Despite continued claims by Donald Trump that mail-in voting leads to higher cases of voter fraud, states that use it experience fewer instances of voter fraud than any other system.

Our vote-by-mail system has proven itself, time and again, to be safe, secure, and reliable.

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

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.

They need a way to level the playing field.

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

We’ve got to build a lot more housing for working class and middle class families, and it costs a whole lot more money to deal with all the repercussions of rising homelessness than it does to simply build the housing we need.

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

It is troubling enough that the Mint has developed a coin bearing the President’s image, which is more befitting a monarchy than a democracy.

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.

Firing Pulte is not going to fix the problem.

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.

Small businesses deserve better, and the CBP needs to answer for this debacle.

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…

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.

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.”

I have been doing this a while. I am the longest serving member of SSCI in history, and I’ve never had this kind of bipartisan support.

Firing Pulte doesn’t fix the problem. There have to be reforms.

We write with strong concern regarding the reorganization of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Firing Pulte won’t solve the real problem. Americans are demanding real protections written into the law, not promises that the next guy will be trustworthy.

Instead of trying a fourth time, they should put real surveillance reforms on the table.

“Appreciation for our beautiful outdoor spaces is in the DNA of every Oregonian,”