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September 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) released the following statement on her vote on H. Res 719:


September 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), spoke on the House floor to oppose an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would ban Pride flags in common areas and offices across Department of Defense facilities.


September 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, secured a commitment from U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Tom Schultz for a detailed oversight briefing on firefighter health protections.


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.  

 


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.