Press Releases
May 3, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) announced today that he has proposed a plan in the U.S. House—the “Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act” (H.R. 5132)—to protect Crooked River Ranch from wildfire by adjusting the boundary of the adjacent wilderness study area.
April 19, 2016
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Panel chaired by Walden approves plan to make it easier to dial 911 from any phone, national version of Oregon’s “Kelsey Smith” law that helps officials locate people in an emergency
April 13, 2016
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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) announced today that the Treating Small Airports with Fairness Act (“TSA Fairness Act”), a bill he authored to restore commercial air service to the Crater Lake-Klamath Falls Regional Airport by bringing back federal TSA screening at the airport, has unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
April 1, 2016
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Speaking at the Medford Rotary today, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) announced his support for a proposal in the U.S. House that would help maintain critical emergency medical services in Oregon and nationwide.
March 29, 2016
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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) will hold town halls and other meetings in Klamath, Lake, Umatilla, Wallowa, and Malheur counties this weekend.
March 23, 2016
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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) announced today that a bill he authored to restore commercial air service to the Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport by bringing back federal TSA screening at the airport has taken a major step forward in the U.S. House.
March 16, 2016
Press Release
The U.S. House has unanimously passed a bipartisan bill authored by Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) to protect consumers and small businesses by relieving small Internet service providers (ISPs) of overly-burdensome reporting requirements.
March 16, 2016
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Bill unanimously approved by House Natural Resources Committee; next step is vote in full House
March 11, 2016
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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) has written to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to urge her to heed the results of a local referendum overwhelmingly passed by voters in Malheur County on Tuesday in opposition to a potential large national monument designation on the Owyhee Canyonlands.
March 8, 2016
Press Release
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) today issued the following statement regarding the independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of LaVoy Finicum: