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Washington, D.C. – Today Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced a bill to reform federal wildfire policy, target more…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed legislation sponsored by Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that would boost timber harvests while protecting and restoring old…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed 10 bills that will preserve certain lands in Montana and Washington as wilderness, protect and restore old growth…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today favorably reported two nominees to fill positions at the Department of Energy and one nominee to the Department of the…
Washington, D.C. – The Interior Department must act to ensure taxpayers receive a fair return on oil and gas produced on federal lands, Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden,…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today congratulated NuScale Power and Oregon State University, after the Department of Energy announced it will invest in the…
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised Congressional budget negotiators for including the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement in the budget deal struck Tuesday night. Notably, the…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden issued the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s approval of a fifth liquefied natural…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden today urged the Energy Department to use updated data that includes regional factors and domestic costs when…
Washington, D.C. –Every lawmaker representing Oregon, Washington and Idaho urged the U.S. Energy Department to maintain an independent Bonneville Power Administration that puts Northwest power users first, in a bipartisan…
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for an update to the Columbia River Treaty that lowers costs for ratepayers in the Pacific…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said endless, unreasonable amendment requests are blocking votes on the bipartisan Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill, in a…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden applauded a commitment from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nominee Ron Binz to work on improving natural gas pipeline…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden issued the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s approval of a fourth liquefied natural…
Washington, D.C. — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water…
Washington, D.C. – On Friday, Sept. 6 and Saturday, Sept. 7, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will tour Western North…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., demanded an immediate explanation for new, higher sequestration bills sent to states that received funding through the…
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s announcement that it has approved a third liquefied natural gas export terminal,…
Washington, D.C. –To protect Secure Rural Schools payments, which provide vital funding for counties in Oregon and across the country, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today placed a public hold on…
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the nomination of Michael Connor to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Interior…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore, issued the following statement on the $410 million settlement between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and JP…
Washington, D.C. – To maximize the advantages of America’s natural gas boom, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., laid out four areas – infrastructure, transportation, exports and shale development – where he…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for creative ways to address the estimated $11 billion maintenance backlog facing America’s national parks….
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today stressed the importance of finding creative ways to unlock investment in clean energy – both today’s…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden issued the following statement on a record fine levied by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against Barclays for manipulating West…