The items we selected for this time capsule reflect the values that define Oregon — from our pioneering vote-by-mail system and world class natural landscapes to the workers, farmers, artists, and leaders who have shaped our communities.

People cannot wait any longer for relief. America’s housing and affordability crisis is devastating our communities.

in March, I testified in front of the Appropriations Committee in support of the $600 million appropriations funding request for the Veterans State Home Grant. This is a program that funds the Roseburg State Veterans' Home. The…

today, I introduced the No War Appropriations Through Reconciliation Act, or the No WAR Act, which would prevent the partisan process from being used to fund military action in Iran. We cannot normalize using reconciliation as the vehicle…

I rise in support of the ALERT Act, and I thank Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, Air Line Pilots Association, International, the Association of Flight Attendants, Jennifer Homendy and the NTSB staff, T&I members, and mostly the…

for 35 years, PeaceHealth Hospital, the only level II trauma center between Corvallis, Oregon, and Crescent City, California, abruptly ended its contract with our local emergency room staffing group, Eugene Emergency Physicians. With…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1945 will designate America's National Churchill Museum as a national historic landmark. It would also direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine whether the museum is eligible…

Mr. Speaker, the community of Wintergreen, Virginia, is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, next to the popular Wintergreen Resort. It has a year-round population of 500 and a seasonal peak of almost 10,000. However, Wintergreen has only…

H.R. 3692 will reauthorize the Young Fishermen's Development Act through fiscal year 2031, ensuring the next generation of commercial fishermen has the support they need to enter and sustain careers in this vital industry. The Young…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5419 directs the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service to evaluate policies, rules, and regulations related to the siting and permitting of broadband infrastructure on public lands. This bill is a…

Mr. Speaker, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act would codify existing Bureau of Indian Affairs procedures for reviewing and processing mortgage packages on Indian lands. The bill seeks to improve access to homeownership in Tribal…

Congress codified the critical minerals list in the Energy Act of 2020 to identify which minerals are most important to our economic and national security and at risk of supply chain disruption. The United States Geological Survey was…

Mr. Speaker, the America the Beautiful pass is an annual interagency pass that covers entry fees to over 2,000 recreational sites across the country. In 2024, an update to the pass program had the unintentional effect of reducing the…

I stand in memory of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were murdered for standing up for what is right and exercising their constitutional First Amendment right to speech and assembly, and in the case of Mr. Pretti, his Second…

This weekend, President Trump put out a social media post conflating the actions of a small group of people who broke a window, broke a couple of windows, at the Federal building, with the thousands of peaceful protesters that were…

tonight the Oregon Ducks are fighting for their first-ever national championship. After dominating Texas Tech in only the third shutout victory of all 49 college football playoff games, the Ducks are only two wins away from celebrating in…

Mr. Speaker, when my colleagues say an activist judge overturned this, it was a Republican-appointed judge who found, again, that it failed to use the best available science. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just canceled the first-ever…

I acknowledge that wolf-livestock conflicts do happen and that ranchers deserve support when there is a wolf problem. We already have tools that work to address these conflicts, but this bill does nothing to improve them or to help our…

H.R. 845 delists the gray wolf across the United States and blocks judicial review of the delisting. This is an antiscience bill that prioritizes politics ahead of species conservation. This bill will result in hundreds of unnecessary and…

Today, we are not voting to reduce the cost of healthcare or make groceries or housing more affordable or to take back the power of Congress from the executive branch in determining tariffs or deciding whether or not we should invade a…

on March 27, President Trump issued an executive order that took away the collective bargaining rights of more than a million Federal workers at over 30 agencies under the guise of protecting our national security. This includes VA…

I rise in support of a free Iran and in solidarity with the women that are leading that fight. These women are asking for basic human dignity, the right to live without fear, to speak freely, and to make decisions about their own lives…

I rise to recognize a member of our community doing incredible work to combat hunger in Eugene: Jennifer Denton. Since 2015, she has led as executive director of Burrito Brigade, a volunteer-driven nonprofit that has hand-delivered…

Across the central and south coast of Oregon, where I represent, we have seen the real consequences of the Trump administration's reckless tariff policies. These aren't just bad economic choices. They have created ripple effects that hurt…