Press Releases
September 11, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) delivered remarks on the House Floor underscoring the importance of supporting mental health in rural communities. In her speech, she warned of the growing mental health care crisis in rural America, highlighting how recent Republican cuts to Medicaid have stripped many communities of their primary source of care.
September 9, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), alongside Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), led 52 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz expressing concern that the current public comment period for their proposal to repeal the Roadless Rule does not allow for meaningful public participation and urging them to extend the public comment period by 30 days.
September 5, 2025
Today, Congresswomen Andrea Salinas (OR-06) visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland to question ICE officials and hold them accountable for their detention and treatment of her constituents as well as to exert her congressional authority to conduct oversight of ICE facilities.
September 4, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) spoke on the House Floor to call out President Trump and his Administration for the arrest and unconstitutional treatment of her constituent — a wildland fighter dispatched to Washington State to combat the Bear Gulch Fire.
August 29, 2025
Today, Congresswomen Andrea Salinas (OR-06) released the following statement regarding Border Patrol officials arresting one of her constituents—a wildfire fighter dispatched to Washington State—and denying him his Constitutional rights.
August 28, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) hosted a roundtable with Oregon health care providers to highlight how Republicans’ Medicaid cuts in the Big, Ugly Bill will hurt patients and providers. Medicaid, known in Oregon as the Oregon Health Plan, covers more than 223,000 people in Rep. Salinas’ district, and the Big, Ugly Bill threatens access to preventive and routine services, increases strain on emergency departments, and puts rural hospitals and clinics at risk of closure.
Issues:Health Care
August 27, 2025
Today, Congresswomen Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) moving forward with its plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule:
August 7, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) held a roundtable to highlight the devastating impact the recently passed Republican budget will have on SNAP and other efforts to fight hunger in Oregon.
July 28, 2025
Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) spoke on the Floor of the United States House of Representatives to congratulate the City of Beaverton for being selected as one of 50 finalists in the 2025 Bloomberg Mayors Challenge.
July 25, 2025
Washington, D.C. – As the nation observes Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), introduced the Mental Health for Latinos Act, legislation to improve mental health outcomes among Latino and Hispanic communities.
Issues:CongressMental Health







