Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led 46 colleagues in a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Acting Director Angie Salazar, demanding answers about ORR’s prolonged detention of unaccompanied children.

Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) grilled U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins about harms farmers in the Willamette Valley and across the country are experiencing because of President Trump’s affordability crisis.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement following her vote in favor of the bipartisan War Powers Resolution that would require President Trump to seek congressional approval for any further action in Iran.

Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Don Beyer (VA-08),– Co-Chairs of the Congressional Bipartisan Mental Health Caucus – led 35 of their colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution to designate May as National Mental Health Awareness Month.

Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), and Maxine Dexter (OR-03), announced that nine Oregon airports will receive a combined federal investment of nearly $14.5 million.

Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) released the following statement on her vote in support of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) hosted a Democratic Women’s Caucus shadow hearing on immigration and women’s safety, where she condemned the Trump Administration’s cruel and illegal immigration enforcement agenda.

U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Becca Balint (VT-AL) led a group of 14 lawmakers in sending a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), expressing opposition to the agency’s reported plans to promote the “deprescribing” of psychiatric medications.