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For Immediate Release: June 12, 2025  WASHINGTON, D.C.  - Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) released the following statement after Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif) was assaulted by unidentified federal agents for asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question during her press conference in Los Angeles. In a video of the event, Senator Padilla is clearly heard identifying himself as a sitting U.S. Senator.  "This is about an executive branch which knows no boundaries and wil…  Continue Reading

For Immediate Release: June 10, 2025  WASHINGTON, D.C.  - This week, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) will vote ‘No’ on three bills that would overturn the will of Washington, D.C. residents. Ahead of the vote, Representative Hoyle released the following statement: “I believe in Home Rule, and I wouldn’t want Washington, D.C. telling Eugene and Roseburg how to run their cities. Whether or not I agree with D.C. law is irrelevant, that is up to the people of D.C. I came here to represent t…  Continue Reading

For Immediate Release: June 9, 2025  WASHINGTON, D.C.- Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) released the following statement after President Trump’s unprecedented federalization of the California National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles: “You don’t send the National Guard into a city unless local leaders and law enforcement ask for it. That didn’t happen here and it only served to make matters worse. People have every right to peacefully protest the actions of ICE under this administr…  Continue Reading