Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, released a letter urging the Department of Transportation to reform and modernize cannabis testing requirements for commercial truck drivers.
PORTLAND, OR – Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) introduced the Mt. Hood and Columbia River Gorge Recreation Enhancement and Conservation (REC) Act.
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a joint resolution to designate May 7th as Brain Donation Awareness Day. Post-mortem brain donation is critically important to advance the science of treating and curing degenerative brain diseases.
PORTLAND, OR – Today, Senator Ron Wyden (OR), Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04) commended the Biden Administration's executive order to protect old growth and mature forests. The announcement follows letters sent in 2021 and 2022 by the lawmakers urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, March 22, Earth Day, U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to declare a national climate emergency. The letter was signed by over two dozen members of the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act to create new excise taxes on commercial space flights carrying human passengers for purposes other than scientific research.
PORTLAND, OR – Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) today released the following statement after testing positive for COVID-19.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-203 to pass the Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022 (H.R. 3807) legislation introduced by Reps. Blumenauer (D-OR) and Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to support small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer, Chair of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee released the following statement after the House took an important step toward appointing a conference committee to reconcile the differences between the America COMPETES Act and U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA):