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Amendment would require Department of Energy to interrogate water usage at data centers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03) today led a letter with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) that raises the alarm over the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) plan to close the U.S. Forest Service’s Region 6 headquarters in Portland and Pacific Northwest Research Station in Corvallis.
PORTLAND, OR — Last Friday, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03), M.D., the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, completed a four-day, forty-mile backpacking trek around Mt. Hood along the Timberline Trail.
GOVERNMENT CAMP, OR — Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03), the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, embarked on a four-day, forty-mile backpacking trek around Mt. Hood along the Timberline Trail. The trek comes twenty years to the month that
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42), Congressman Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) released a joint statement following the latest updates regarding the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was held illegally in El Salvador after being wrongfully deported by the Trump Administration, released back to the United States, and was recently re-detained.
PORTLAND, OR—Today, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-3) announced a National Endowment for the Arts’ Shakespeare in American Communities: Schools grant for $20,000 to the nonprofit theatre, Portland Playhouse.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Representative Maxine Dexter (OR-3), alongside Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), introduced H.R. 4843, the “Combating Law Enforcement Anonymity by Requiring Identification Disclosure,” or CLEAR ID Act.
WASHINGTON D.C.—Today, Representative Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-3) introduced the Shielding Students from Wildfire Smoke Act, new legislation aimed at strengthening national understanding and response strategies to protect children’s health during wildfire smoke events.Wildfire smoke contains dangerous pollutants that can trigger asthma, worsen respiratory conditions, and increase the risk of long-term lung damage.
PORTLAND, OR—Last week, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) honored Diane Lund-Muzikant, a leader in health care reporting and founder of The Lund Report, by formally recognizing her life’s work in the Congressional Record, the official and permanent archive of the United States Congress. Lund-Muzikant, who passed away last month at the age of 86, was a pioneer in health care journalism and for decades made a more transparent and accountable health care system in Oregon.