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September 9, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, alongside Jared Huffman (CA-02), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Joe Neguse (CO-02), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, led lawmakers in an oversight effort to address the federal government’s failure to protect wildland firefighter health.  

 


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September 5, 2025
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I serve in Congress to be your voice—and the best way I can do that is by hearing directly from you.

COME TO MY NEXT TOWN HALL

When: Saturday, September 6 at 10:00 am.

Where: Reynolds High School Performing Arts Center, 1698 SW Cherry Park Road, Troutdale, OR 97060.

REMINDER: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS


September 5, 2025

Amendment would require Department of Energy to interrogate water usage at data centers.  

 


September 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.

Issues: Health

September 3, 2025

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. 


September 2, 2025

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. 


August 26, 2025

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 


August 26, 2025

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.

 


August 19, 2025

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.


August 18, 2025

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.