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July 31, 2025

PORTLAND, OR — Today, Congresswoman Dexter released the following statement in response to the formal rescission of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) endangerment finding, which found that greenhouse gases like

Issues: Climate

July 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representatives Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), and Ilhan Omar (MN-05) introduced H.R.4605, the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, legislation that would ban prescription drug advertising in all forms.


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July 24, 2025
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‘Corruption’ is defined by Oxford’s English Dictionary as “dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.”

First, Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had files “sitting on [her] desk" detailing the crimes and accomplices of convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.


July 23, 2025

PORTLAND, OR – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03) announced that all 15 of her Community Project Funding (CPF) requests have been included in the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 government funding bills. The CPF requests reflect the priorities she heard directly from community members. 


July 18, 2025

  

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) introduced the Climate Health Emergency Act, bold legislation requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to declare the climate crisis a public health emergency. The declaration would unlock a myriad of federal resources and jumpstart the unified response needed to meet the full scope of the climate crisis. 

Issues: Climate

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July 17, 2025
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Our democracy works best when we show up.

My next in-person town hall is THIS SATURDAY, July 19th at 11 am in Franklin High School Gym (5405 SE Woodward St, Portland). Hearing directly from you lets me know what you want me to focus on in Congress.


July 15, 2025

PORTLAND, OR —Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), along with U.S.


July 11, 2025

BELLINGHAM, WA — Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) today released the following statement:

Trump said he would go after ‘the worst of the worst.’ Instead, his immigration machine is abducting Oregonians without cause—including four U.S. citizen children in my district.


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July 11, 2025
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Last week, House Republicans voted to pass the single largest cut to Medicaid and food assistance in our nation’s history while gutting the clean energy economy just as it’s gaining momentum. And all while giving tax breaks to billionaires.


July 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) released the following statement after voting against the House passage of Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Betrayal Bill.