Press Releases

Yesterday, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) delivered remarks on the House Floor in opposition of the Protect Children’s Innocence Act. During her remarks, Rep. Salinas highlighted the detrimental effects that this will have on the youth mental health crisis. Rep. Salinas voted in opposition to the legislation.

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) reintroduced the bipartisan Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act. Their legislation would expand access to telehealth services, including mental health and substance use care, for rural Americans who continue to face barriers to in-person care, especially for individuals working in the farming, fishing, and forestry industries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) spoke to the House Energy and Commerce Committee to advocate for her bipartisan bill, the Mental Health Services for Students Act. The bill, which passed the House in the 117th Congress, would bring critical, on-site mental health services to students in public schools across the country and provide $300 million in federal funding for school-based mental health programs to address the nation’s youth mental health crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led thirty-three of her colleagues in sending a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya urging continued funding for the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a long-running, federally funded research study examining women’s health during midlife and menopause.

Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) introduced bipartisan legislation with Reps. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08) to strengthen the mental and behavioral health workforce to better support rural and underserved communities that lack access to these essential providers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), alongside U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), and Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), introduced legislation to give organic producers tools to increase capacity, modernize their operations, and expand their businesses to meet growing demand.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06) joined Congressional Wine Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), alongside Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) in introducing the Specialty Crop & Wine Producer Tariff Relief Act, legislation to provide direct support to specialty crop growers and wine producers facing economic losses from tariffs.

Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) announced a $1 million federal Community Project Funding grant to support major sewer infrastructure upgrades in Carlton.