In 2020, we lost 1.1 million acres and 4,000 homes in Oregon, and we would like to not have that happen again.

Our national forests are faced with an incredible challenge.

The majority of the forest lands in my district are made up of the Oregon and California railroad revested lands, or the O&C lands, and these lands are unique, their history, their location, purpose, are far different than any place else…

But once it is a mega fire, we have unlimited money.

the key is the funding, and the fact of the matter is, it is more expensive to fight fires in the O&C lands in the wetter forests.

It works well, and it keeps 95 percent of all fires from growing over 100 acres.

I really want your commitment to make sure that not only that you will work on it, but we will put our money where we need to, funding it upfront.

the next time that we have really bad wildfires, it is not just going to be 4,000 homes. It will be one of our urban areas, and it will make the Paradise California Fire look like a campfire.

We are nickel and diming and arguing over continuing this contracting with the Oregon Department of Forestry and the BLM because we have a limited amount of money that we put up front for forest fire prevention.

Because of the unique pattern of ownership, the state of Oregon for years has cooperated with the BLM on a unique fire protection agreement called the Western Oregon Operating Plan.

The checkerboard pattern of private, industrial, state, tribal, and Federal forest makes it complicated to manage, and even more complicated to protect, especially in this era of climate-driven megafires that threaten communities, wildlife…

My Democratic colleagues and I are here to defend Social Security and Medicare and to support our Nation's seniors. My district has the lowest median household income in Oregon. We have over 160,000 seniors who rely on Social Security for…

I represent Oregon's 4th Congressional District in Southwest Oregon, and the Bureau of Land Management manages over 800,000 acres of timberland in my district.

thank you for all the workers in the airports on airlines, air traffic controllers that work in really high-stress jobs.

The American people are fed up with the United States being involved in endless military conflicts around the world. For far too long, Presidents of both parties have overstepped their constitutional authority by engaging in dubious legal…

In my district, the average per capita income is $32,000 a year. That is six counties from Lincoln County, down the coast of Oregon, to Curry County and the California border. Over 160,000 seniors in my district rely on Social Security for…

We need to ensure that we have protections for workers, we need to have high environmental standards, right, for anything that we do, but there is a way to do it.

I firmly believe that we need to move to green energy, move away from fossil fuel, and move to green energy resources as quickly as possible.

My district includes 250 miles of entirely public beaches on a coastline renowned for its pristine and rugged beauty. Our fishing community relies on clean oceans. It is our responsibility to protect these waters that are vital for our…