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Washington—Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and seven Senate colleagues have asked Mark Wetjen, Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
Washington, D.C. – In a letter today, four lawmakers asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to determine whether stronger federal standards…
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden’s bill to create stable jobs, sustainable forestry and permanent conservation gains on Oregon’s O&C Lands took a step forward today, when the Senate Energy…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to the Energy Information Administration, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) recently requested more data on how American gas prices would…
Washington, D.C. –Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in a hearing today expressed his continued support for two Interior Department nominees and urged the committee to…
Washington, D.C. –Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., promised to make sure impacts on American employers, consumers and families are at the forefront of any discussion about…
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded congressional leaders for including the bipartisan Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act, which he introduced earlier this year, as part of the Farm…
Washington, D.C. – Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden today introduced a bill to allow for critical upgrades to hundreds of Bureau of Reclamation dams across the western United States, including Scoggins…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed 11 nominees to various posts at the Energy Department and the Department of the Interior. The nominations now…
WASHINGTON, D.C.— In the wake of a series of explosive train derailments containing crude oil – including two in the last two weeks – Senators John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV…
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…