February 10, 2010
SALEM- Talk of jobs in Oregon continues to dominate speeches on the House floor, as seen in Tuesday’s speeches by Rep. Sal Esquivel (R-Medford), Rep. Bill Garrard (R-Kalamath Falls), and Rep. Jules Bailey (D-Portland).
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February 09, 2010
SALEM- House Minority Leader, Rep. Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg) reported on Thursday that Oregon had the largest number of new jobless claims out of any state in the Union.
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February 04, 2010
SALEM- House Majority Leader Rep. Mary Nolan, D-Portland, spoke to the House floor on Wednesday, promoting the achievements in Oregon’s business climate.
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February 03, 2010
SALEM- Rep. Michael Schaufler, D-Happy Valley, talks about the need for jobs in Oregon at Wednesday’s House Committee on Business and Labor hearing.
Later that afternoon, Schaufler apologized to the body for making this speech while in committee, calling it out of order.
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January 28, 2010
BY SARAH ROSS
WASHINGTON- President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress on Wednesday night drew mixed responses from Oregon’s Congressional delegation.
The speech, which focused primarily on job creation and deficit reduction, included plans for the money reimbursed from last year’s TARP bailout to go to community banks for small business loans. It also included a three-year government spending freeze starting in 2010. These plans drew some praise and some criticism from Oregon’s congressional members.
“Tonight’s speech was about getting back to the fundamentals: a strong economy, the creation of good jobs, a college education, and access to quality, affordable health care,” responded Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Portland. “This was the best State of the Union I’ve heard, and it came at an important time for his Administration and the country.”
Rep. David Wu, D-Portland, was not so kind to the President’s plan, saying the spending freeze is not the right move: “We should make smart investments in the American people, grow the economy, create jobs, and restore revenues—and then have the fiscal discipline to pay down our national debt. The president has been poorly served by the Wall Street focus of his economic team.”
Criticism of the speech also came from Rep. Greg Walden, R- Pendleton. “Americans cannot afford for this government to continue on the current borrow-and-spend track,” said Rep. Walden. “Under the Democrats’ budget, America will have deficits of more than $900 billion a year. After increasing spending by 66 percent last year alone, freezing it at that level is hardly fiscal restraint.”
