Oregon Delegation urges FEMA to assume 100 percent cost share for wildfire impacts

Oregon Delegation urges FEMA to assume 100 percent cost share for wildfire impacts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s entire congressional delegation is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assume 100 percent of the cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures from the wildfires that ripped through the state this year.

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Crater Lake Klamath Regional Airport to receive $5.7 million in federal grant money for taxiway improvements

Crater Lake Klamath Regional Airport to receive $5.7 million in federal grant money for taxiway improvements

Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and U.S. Congressmen Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden, today announced more than $16.2 million in grant funding for taxiway improvements at airports in Oregon - including $5.7 million for the Crater Lake Klamath Regional Airport.

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Gov. Brown, Merkley, Blumenauer and Bonamici Call on Congress to Reauthorize CHIP

Gov. Brown, Merkley, Blumenauer and Bonamici Call on Congress to Reauthorize CHIP

Governor Kate Brown, Senator Jeff Merkley, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici on Friday called on Congress to stop holding hostage the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and to pass the bipartisan bill that would fund the program.

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