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June 5, 2025
Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced the Farmers Feeding America Act, a bill that would help food banks meet demand and ensure families stay fed and healthy by expanding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ability to purchase food directly from producers, including Oregon’s small family farms.
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May 22, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement after voting no on final passage of the Republican tax scam.
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April 10, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement after voting against the Republican budget bill that would cut health care, food assistance, and other critical benefits to give $7 trillion in tax breaks to billionaires.
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April 9, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement after voting against the so-called No Rogue Rulings Act, better known as the No Checks and Balances Act because it gives up Congress’ power to serve as a check on the executive branch.
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April 8, 2025
Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Tracey Mann (KS-01) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Providing Empathetic and Effective Recovery (PEER) Support Act, legislation that would expand access to peer-to-peer support services for those struggling with mental health and substance use disorders.
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Mental Health
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April 8, 2025
On Monday, April 7, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Don Beyer (VA-08), Paul Tonko (NY-20), and Lori Trahan (MA-03) led 29 of their colleagues in calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to immediately cease the proposed reorganization that would dissolve the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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April 2, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s newly announced tariffs.
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March 27, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led her Oregon colleagues – including U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05), along with U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley – in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins, expressing concern about the Administration’s decision to terminate USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) workers based in several locations across Oregon, including Corvallis, Newport, Burns, Pendleton, and Hood River.
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March 27, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) condemned House Republicans for refusing to consider her amendment to the DETERRENT Act.
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March 25, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) announced that three of her amendments were included in legislation that passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday, with strong bipartisan support.