Representative Kurt Schrader News

The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is being dragged into the partisan infighting surrounding revelations that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly targeted Tea Party groups seeking non-profit status.

That's the lesson the nation's Christmas tree growers learned as they spent the last 18 months in political limbo.

22, 2009, file photo, bottles of Heinz organic tomato ketchup are on display inside Costco in Mountain View, Calif.

A Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill.

On Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee is marking up its version of a new Farm Bill; Wednesday, it's the House Agriculture Committee.

The way U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader sees it, not enough of his colleagues in Congress are being honest enough with constituents.

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is in position to become the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Natural Resources -- if a couple of elections go his way.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden says he's preparing to assemble a bill on the state's Oregon and California railroad lands that "can pass the Senate and the House and actually get signed by the president." The Democratic senator chairs the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee and is a central figure in the debate over management of 2.6 million acres ... (more)

The plight of Christmas tree growers got national attention with a report by CNBC Wednesday, a story that echoes the situation Michigan growers face as reported last month.

It's likely to be another seven weeks before the Food and Drug Administration plans finalizes long-awaited regulations that will require manufacturers to mark medical devices with unique identifiers that are expected to help track products during recalls, save money, and improve patient safety.

After winning in the 2012 election, several members of Congress moved quickly in 2013 to pull back money they had earlier loaned their campaign committees.

In response to an inquiry on the congressman's position, progressive blog Think Progress reported that it received an email from Scott's office which simply read: "Congressman Scott fully supports marriage equality." According to blog JoeMyGod , Scott told a constituent that he was a guest at former Congressman Barney Frank's wedding last summer.

These cuts and others are already in progress and will increase in the coming months due to the "sequestration" law that went into effect on 1 March this year requiring across-the-board, mandatory cuts to the military and all federal agencies and programs.

As the federal government has reduced short-term subsidies to timber-dependent counties and schools, local governments are already struggling to provide law enforcement and other basic services.

Lake Oswego businesses had that opportunity on Monday when U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, of Oregon's 5th District, stopped at several businesses in downtown Lake Oswego and Lake Grove.

The sounds of a band class at Rosemont Ridge Middle School were interrupted Monday when U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader of Oregon's 5th District paid a surprise visit to personally answer a letter he received from one of the students.

MoveOn.org, the grassroots liberal pressure group, on Wednesday delivered a petition to Rep.

Last week's news that Rough and Ready Lumber is closing its Cave Junction sawmill is both shocking and familiar to the families in this small town.