Political Quotes

We have an extreme backlog of infrastructure investments. For instance, in two of the six counties that I represent, Lane and Douglas County, each one of which is about the size of Connecticut, we have 700 bridges, the vast majority of which were built in the 1950s and 1960s, that are in dire need of repair or replacement.

The entire Oregon Delegation, Democrats and Republicans, have made it very clear and signed letters to say that we want the WOOP to remain in place.

This bill would recognize and require that HHS confer directly with the urban Indian organizations about health care policies and initiatives that impact urban American Indians and Alaska Natives, just as IHS does.

H.R. 2839 would allow the Tribe to renegotiate their subsistence agreements with the state of Oregon to replace the current consent decree.