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Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Val Hoyle (OR-04), along with Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, announced $2 million in federal funds for soil health programs on Oregon farms made available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

This week, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) introduced a resolution establishing July 20 as “National Moon Day” to mark the anniversary of the first-ever lunar landing in 1969.

On Tuesday, July 9, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), calling on the agency to expand eligibility for the Agricultural Conservation Easement - Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE) program to include Oregon and other western states.

Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06), along with Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), announced that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) has unanimously agreed to finance the construction of several new long-duration battery storage production lines at ESS Inc.’s Wilsonville facility.

Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) announced her county-by-county listening tour to gather perspectives from law enforcement and community members about the partial repeal of Measure 110 and how the federal government can partner with local officials to address the addiction crisis in Oregon.

Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), the daughter of a former farmworker and a leader in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), along with U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), introduced the Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act.

Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) announced that two of her bipartisan bills with House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (OK-03) passed unanimously in committee, moving them closer to becoming law.