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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.
March 27, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) condemned House Republicans for refusing to consider her amendment to the DETERRENT Act.
March 26, 2025
Last week, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Becca Balint (VT-AL), along with U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), led 23 of their colleagues in a bicameral letter demanding that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rescind his past statements that further stigmatize mental health treatment.
Issues:Mental HealthHealth Care
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.
March 20, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order that effectively eliminates the U.S. Department of Education without congressional approval, in direct violation of the Constitution.
Issues:Education
March 20, 2025
On Tuesday, March 18, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) introduced the Building Capacity for Care Act, legislation that would address the nationwide shortage of behavioral health facilities and connect more individuals with the timely and appropriate care they deserve.
Issues:Mental HealthHealth Care
Salinas Leads Oregon Delegation in Calling on Trump Administration to Protect American Manufacturing
March 20, 2025
Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led the Oregon delegation – including U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) – in a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, expressing concern about the Trump Administration’s decision to fire dozens of workers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
March 18, 2025
On Monday, March 17, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) joined her Oregon collegaues—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Janelle Bynum, and Maxine Dexter—in calling on the Trump administration to pay heed to concerns raised by Bonneville Power Administration workers that major and illegal job cuts at the agency will destabilize the power grid in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest.
March 12, 2025
Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06), along with Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05), together introduced a concurrent resolution celebrating the League of Oregon Cities’ (LOC) 100th anniversary and recognizing its significant contributions to Oregon’s municipalities.
March 11, 2025
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement after voting against House Republicans’ partisan funding bill.