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For Immediate Release: August 5, 2025  EUGENE, OR  - Yesterday, Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) joined Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Vice Ranking Member Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.), Federal Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.…  Continue Reading

UPDATE 7/29 | 4:45PM PT: Merkley, Wyden, and Hoyle have been informed that FEMA denied Governor Kotek’s Major Disaster Declaration request to provide support to eligible individuals and households in Coos, Curry, and Douglas counties through the Individual Assistance (IA) program. Additionally, FEMA denied the Oregon lawmakers’ request to make the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) available in the three countries and statewide.  For Immediate Release: July 29, 2025  EUGENE, OR - Oregon’s …  Continue Reading

For Immediate Release: July 23, 2025  WASHINGTON, D.C.  - Today, Oregon’s U.S.Senator Jeff Merkleyand U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) introduced the Columbia River Clean-Up Act to reauthorize the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program. Sen. Merkley created the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program in 2016 to focus federal attention on reducing toxics and pollution through voluntary efforts in the Columbia River Basin. However, funding for the program is set to expire next year. The C…  Continue Reading