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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) fought for 8+ hours to testify against the GOP tax scam during the House Rules Committee hearing that began at 1:00 am. Her testimony came as she introduced amendments to prevent attacks on Medicaid, free speech, and public lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) is set to introduce amendments to block attacks on Medicaid, free speech, and public lands during the 1:00am House Rules Committee Hearing on the Republican budget. The House Rules Committee is tasked with determining when and how bills advance to the full House for a vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.
WASHINGTON, D.C— Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, fought to uplift community-led fire resilience efforts to combat increasingly deadly wildfires during a committee hearing on forest management. Dexter, a critical care and lung physician, came to Congress to fight for clean air.
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, the Democratic Doctors Caucus released the following statement on Republican attempts to strip health care from nearly 14 million Americans.
“The goal of the Republican budget is clear: sacrifice the health and well-being of millions of Americans by slashing Medicaid and gutting food assistance, all to hand $4.5 trillion in tax breaks to billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
House Republicans have unveiled the details of their budget plan that will make Americans sicker, hungrier, and poorer. Let me be clear: this budget is a betrayal of working families. It will cause millions of Americans to lose their healthcare coverage, threaten our public lands, and cut vital food assistance for our most vulnerable-all to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon lawmakers today announced that seven airports in the Portland metro area, the Willamette Valley, Central Oregon and Eastern Oregon have secured about $22.7 million combined in federal grants for infrastructure improvements to taxiways, drainage, snow removal equipment and more.
PORTLAND, OR — Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) announced Evie Chan as the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Oregon’s Third Congressional District.
WASHINGTON D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, offered a series of amendments to the Republicans’ budget reconciliation package during the House Natural Resources Committee markup.