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To prohibit the disclosure of records by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of individuals for the purposes of immigration enforcement, and for other purposes.
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Medicare should be allowed to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.
“She will continue to push for prescription drug price caps and allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.”
Passage votes where Andrea Salinas broke ranks with ≥75% of Democrats. Threshold catches substantively partisan splits; unanimous-ish or close votes are excluded.
To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022
Salinas, Bonamici, Merkley, Wyden Secure over $500,000 for Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District
Position: The release announces that the Oregon congressional delegation secured the release of over $530,000 in unpaid NRCS funding to the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District for fish habitat and culvert replacement work in Washington County. It criticizes the federal government's partial payment on the original obligation.
Tualatin, OR — Today, Congresswomen Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), alongside Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, announced they secured the release of over $530,000 in federal funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to support Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District (TSWCD).
In 2022, TSWCD applied to the NRCS for funding to improve fish habitat in Washington County. This work included replacing deteriorated culverts with bridges and modern culverts that help threatened species like steelhead trout move through local waterways. In February 2024, NRCS approved and obligated $1,074,887 to reimburse TSWCD for their work.
As of early September 2026, NRCS had only paid $543,837 of the over $1.07 million they had promised to TSWCD. This $531,000 shortfall has severely challenged TSWCD’s budget and would have stuck the taxpayers of Washington County with the bill. Following outreach from the Oregon delegation, NRSC honored its commitment and released the final sum to TSWCD.
“When Oregonians make a promise, we keep it. The federal government should be held to the same standard,” said Rep. Salinas. “Tualatin Soil and Water did the work to improve our waterways, and Washington County taxpayers should never have been left holding the bag. I’m glad we got this money out the door and where it belongs.”
“Supporting threatened species and their habitats reflects Oregon values and our commitment to environmental protection, and I was grateful when the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District secured federal funds to improve fish habitat in Washington County,” said Rep. Bonamici. “Unfortunately, the Trump administration paid only about half of the promised funding, leaving Washington County taxpayers to pick up the balance. I’m glad that my colleagues and I were able to help resolve this issue and secure all the funds the water conservation district needed for the project."
“Thanks to our efforts, this funding is finally moving forward and will help ensure the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District can continue its work to improve waterways in Washington County,” said Sen. Merkley.“Oregon’s native fish are the lifeblood of our state, supporting the health and vitality of our communities, local economies, and Tribes who have been here since time immemorial. I’ll keep pushing to secure the necessary federal funds to protect our state’s ecosystems for generations to come.”
“I’m glad the full-court press by the delegation unlocked these resources promised by the federal government to the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District,” Wyden said. “These funds will keep waterways improvements on track, helping with water quality and fish habitat alike in Washington County.”
“The Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District much appreciates Congresswoman Salinas and her staff for their work in helping the District receive payment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a successful fish habitat project in the Gales Creek watershed of Washington County,” said Dean P. Moberg, Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District Treasurer. “We were impressed with the staff's quick understanding of the payment problem we faced, and we are grateful for the Congresswoman's exceptional response. The letter Congresswoman Salinas provided, along with Congresswoman Bonamici and Senators Merkley and Wyden, was surely instrumental in cutting through red tape and securing the payment of over one half million dollars in federal assistance that had been held up for this project. This payment will greatly facilitate the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District's work in helping residents of Washington County conserve natural resources with voluntary and locally led projects.
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Issues:CongressEnergy and Environment
Rep. Salinas’ Statement Opposing Legislation to Shield Big Oil from Climate Accountability
Position: The release opposes legislation, including H.R. 8330, that would restrict states, local governments, and individuals from pursuing climate-related claims against oil and gas companies.
Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) released the following statement opposing legislation that would shield fossil fuel companies from lawsuits seeking to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis. The legislation, including H.R. 8330, would restrict the ability of states, local governments, and individuals to pursue climate-related claims against oil and gas companies.
“Oregonians are already paying the price for climate change and this war in Iran. From devastating wildfires to extreme heat and drought, our communities are spending more to recover from disasters and protect their homes and businesses. The last thing we should do is give fossil fuel companies a free pass while taxpayers foot the bill and this war in Iran props up their profits,” said Rep. Salinas. “I strongly oppose any effort to shield fossil fuel companies from accountability for their role in the climate crisis. Oregonians deserve the right to seek justice in court, and I will fight to protect that right.”
The announcement comes as Oregon elected officials and environmental organizations are urging Congress to reject proposals that would grant legal immunity to fossil fuel companies. Rep. Salinas joins their call to preserve the right of communities to seek accountability through the courts.
Issues:Energy and Environment
Rep. Salinas' Statement on USDA Reorganization Ruling
Position: Rep. Salinas opposes the USDA's proposed reorganization, which she says was carried out without congressional approval and would disrupt services to farmers and rural communities. She calls on the Secretary to bring the plan to Congress for review.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture, issued the following statement in response to a federal court order temporarily blocking portions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposed reorganization.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria extended an order temporarily halting reorganization activities at several USDA agencies while the court considers a lawsuit brought by a coalition of federal employee unions. The judge indicated that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their argument that the reorganization violates a provision of the Fiscal Year 2026 funding law restricting USDA's ability to carry out the reorganization without congressional approval. The proposed plan would have relocated thousands of USDA employees and consolidate offices across the country, raising concerns about disruptions to critical services for farmers, rural communities, and American families.
“For more than a year, I have raised concerns about this reckless plan and its consequences for the people who grow our food, protect our forests, and serve our rural communities," said Rep. Salinas. "This court order provides some much-needed relief for USDA employees and their families, but the fight is far from over. If Secretary Rollins believes in this plan, she should bring it to Congress, show us the data, and make her case in the open. Until then, will keep fighting to protect the essential services rural Oregonians rely on.”
Issues:AgricultureEnergy and Environment
Salinas, Wyden Lead 51 Lawmakers in Demanding Trump Administration Stop Fast-Tracking Deportations of Unaccompanied Children
Position: The release opposes the Trump Administration's efforts to accelerate removals of unaccompanied children and calls for reversal of policies it says dismantle due process protections, including restricted access to legal counsel and expedited hearing procedures.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) led 51 Members of Congress in a bicameral letter against the Trump Administration’s efforts to accelerate the removal of unaccompanied children while dismantling their due process protections.
The letter — addressed to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — warns that these agencies are colluding to fast-track children’s cases at the very moment when their access to legal support has collapsed. The letter documents a pattern of practices across agencies that rob children of the ability to make their cases fairly, such as 24-hour asylum interview notices, “mega master” hearings, restricted continuances, and the closure of every pathway to counsel. The lawmakers demanded that the Trump Administration immediately reverse course and outlined 25 questions that the agencies must answer.
The letter is endorsed by the Acacia Center for Justice. Click here or see below for the full text of the letter:
Attorney General Blanche, Acting Director Owen, Director Edlow, and Mr. Wall:
We are concerned by how the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are coordinating to accelerate the removal of unaccompanied children while systematically dismantling the due process protections Congress established under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA), and we call on you to reverse course immediately. As a result of your directives, immigration courts are operating as part of the Trump administration’s larger deportation agenda and prioritizing speed and cruelty over due process and fair adjudication, with an increasing focus on unaccompanied children.¹ At the end of August 2026, a one-year-old child was asked to file her own asylum application with no legal representative stepping forward.² That is not an aberration; it is the predictable result of a coordinated effort to accelerate children's cases at the precise moment when the federally funded legal services infrastructure Congress mandated has been dismantled.³
After the administration failed to renew the existing contract with legal service providers that ended on July 31, 2026, they neglected to develop a coherent transition plan to ensure unaccompanied children continued to have access to legal service providers. Instead, they sought organizations that were incapable of performing this role because they lacked the expertise, infrastructure, and consents to responsibly manage this work to the great detriment of children.⁴ According to September 18, 2026, filings in Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CLSEPA v. HHS), the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), the sole current federal legal services provider for unaccompanied children, “has provided only a handful of Know-Your-Rights presentations and has entered representation of at most a few dozen unaccompanied children since August 5.”⁵ That gap is unfolding at the same moment that EOIR is accelerating children's cases and USCIS is scheduling asylum interviews with only a 24-hour notice.
Rather than slowing proceedings to account for the extraordinary gap in legal services for unaccompanied children, courts are increasingly imposing accelerated timelines and restricted continuances due to directives from DOJ and EOIR. For example, in Philadelphia in early August 2026, 28 children's cases were continued over a four-week period to facilitate representation. Although the TVPRA mandates that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) “shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable…that all unaccompanied children…have counsel to represent them in legal proceedings,” only six children obtained counsel from USCRI.⁶ This is despite the organization being repeatedly involved as a friend of the court asking for continuances. Also, in the same month in Houston, four children, out of a group of twelve cases involving unaccompanied children, were informed that their next continuance, scheduled within one to two weeks, would be their final opportunity to secure representation or they would be forced to represent themselves. In another case, a judge took pleadings from a child representing themself, instructing them they had to complete and file their own asylum application and provide the court with proof within a matter of weeks.
Earlier this year, EOIR started using “mega masters” and “rocket dockets” at the direction of the administration. These consist of one hearing for sixty to over one hundred people, including children.⁷ This format creates enormous confusion for individuals trying to identify a child’s court date and ensure their attendance, as well as pressure for immigrant children to plead, accept deadlines, or move forward without counsel. One mega master occurred in early August 2026 in Seattle, where one judge heard 106 cases in one day. Over 30 children were ordered to be removed in absentia. The next day, attorneys reported a docket of 99 cases, including 30 ordered to be removed in absentia. It is clear that children cannot meaningfully participate in these mega masters, but EOIR continues to force them to make life-altering decisions, under unprecedented legal proceedings and without adequate legal representation. Federal regulation prohibits an immigration judge from accepting “an admission of removability from an unrepresented respondent who is incompetent or under the age of 18 and is not accompanied by an attorney or legal representative, a near relative, legal guardian, or friend.”⁸ Where the child has no lawyer, the immigration judge is required to “direct a hearing on the issues.”⁹ “Mega masters” that produce in absentia removal orders against tens of unrepresented children in a single sitting cannot be reconciled with this requirement.
When children are forced to navigate our immigration system alone on widely truncated timelines and without adequate assistance, subpar language access, and sometimes without a merits hearing, DOJ and EOIR cannot ensure that these children have fair, individualized adjudications.
The acceleration in immigration court is being matched at USCIS. Beginning in the summer of 2026, the Houston Asylum Office began issuing asylum interview notices to unaccompanied children in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody on as little as 24 hours' notice, a departure from the prior 21-day practice. On September 11, 2026, the ORR Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Bureau issued a memorandum and accompanying job aid directing ORR care providers to facilitate virtual USCIS asylum interviews for children in custody, including by providing space, technology, and, where no interpreter has been provided by USCIS or the child's representative, by having care provider staff themselves serve as interpreters in confidential asylum proceedings.¹⁰ Reports indicate that children have already been interviewed on 24 hours' notice without legal representation. This practice compromises the confidentiality of the asylum application under 8 C.F.R. § 208.6; deprives children of any meaningful opportunity to prepare for a proceeding that Congress designed to be non-adversarial precisely because of children's unique vulnerabilities¹¹; and forecloses the possibility of counsel appearing on the child's behalf. Coming at the same moment that EOIR is accelerating removal proceedings and the Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) is opposing continuances, the practice signals coordination among agencies to close every remaining pathway to relief before a child can access it.
Additionally, there are concerns that court independence and EOIR biases have eroded protections for unaccompanied children. For example, there are reports that the Trump administration and EOIR leadership have hand-picked compliant immigration judges, and have pressured current immigration judges, sometimes with incentives, to prioritize completing cases and increasing removal numbers, with some judges even citing that a child’s case must be completed by the end of the calendar year. The Trump administration has hired immigration judges who are ready to implement its directives. In fact, of May 2026, EOIR hired 153 permanent immigration judges this fiscal year, which the agency touts as “the most in any single year in the agency’s history.”¹² Additionally, approximately 100 immigration judges left or were removed during 2025, including judges who reportedly did not comply with fast-tracked juvenile dockets. From January 2025 through July 2026, in absentia removal orders as a percentage of overall removal orders against unaccompanied children approximately doubled, and the asylum grant rate for unaccompanied children in removal proceedings fell from roughly 11% to approximately 1.5%.¹³
In another report, judges said that they received directives that constrain continuances, accelerate cases, limit friend of court services, permit cases without merits hearings, and order the removal of children with certain form of relief pending, such as Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS).¹⁴ Specifically, in Chicago in July and August 2026, a new judge appointed to the juvenile docket ordered at least eight SIJS eligible children removed because it would take so long for them to get a visa that it “didn’t matter.”¹⁵ This practice appears to draw on the Board of Immigration Appeals' November 2025 precedential decision in Matter of Cahuec Tzalam, which held that an immigration judge need not administratively close a child's case to allow USCIS to process a prima facie SIJS application, notwithstanding that SIJS is a form of humanitarian relief Congress created specifically to protect abused, abandoned, and neglected children.¹⁶ In practice, the decision has become a vehicle for removing SIJS-eligible children before USCIS can adjudicate their applications.
The interagency coordination underlying these developments has now received an additional legal foundation. On September 28, 2026, HHS published a revision to the ORR System of Records Notice (SORN 09-80-0321) eliminating three protections that had governed ORR's information sharing with DHS and other agencies: the requirement that ORR obtain a written advisory that shared information will not be used for immigration enforcement, the requirement that ORR make an individualized determination that each disclosure is in the best interest of the child, and the prohibition on further use or disclosure of shared information by the Department of State recipient.¹⁷ HHS characterized the removed best-interest requirement as “administratively burdensome” and “difficult to implement.”¹⁸ And on September 29, 2026, HHS published a Federal Register notice creating a new Unaccompanied Alien Children Legal Representation Division within the HHS Office of the General Counsel, staffed by federal employees whose ultimate principal is the same administration that operates ICE OPLA and directs EOIR.¹⁹ The convergence of these developments - accelerated dockets, accelerated interviews, streamlined information sharing, and federal employees representing children in proceedings against the federal government - is not coincidence; it is the operational shape of a coordinated policy.
As of September 2026, the Trump administration has also started creating hidden courts for pro se respondents at several federal buildings, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), EOIR’s headquarters, and the floor at 26 Federal Plaza in New York that is leased to DHS. Specifically, there have been reports of two children being sent to the EOIR headquarters. These dockets set up folks to miss their hearings and be ordered removed in absentia. Subjecting anyone to this practice, especially children, is particularly egregious.²⁰
These practices cannot be reconciled with the statutory framework Congress established for unaccompanied children. The TVPRA guarantees children access to counsel in formal removal proceedings; vests USCIS with initial, non-adversarial jurisdiction over children's asylum claims precisely because of children's unique vulnerabilities; and directs EOIR to cooperate with HHS in providing Legal Orientation Presentations to child custodians, a requirement EOIR has now stopped fulfilling.²¹ 24-hour asylum interview notices, “mega master” hearings, restricted continuances, and the closure of every pathway to counsel reads each of these provisions out of the statute by operation.
We therefore seek your written responses to the below questions no later than October 30, 2026.
1. What directives or other guidance has EOIR issued to immigration judges regarding case completion rates, continuances, and scheduling?
2. What accommodations do immigration judges make when children appear pro se in their hearings?
3. What EOIR directives or other guidance are in place regarding the timeline for docketing children’s cases (including expedited dockets)?
4. What criteria does EOIR use to assign or remove judges from children's or juvenile dockets?
5. Since January 2026, how many juvenile dockets have been scheduled with: a. 25-50 children scheduled to appear in one hearing? b. 50-100 children scheduled to appear in one hearing? c. over 100 children scheduled to appear in one hearing?
6. Since January 2026, how many unaccompanied children have been placed on in master calendar hearings with more than: a. 25-50 children in one hearing? b. 50-100 children in one hearing? c. over 100 children in one hearing?
7. What justification does EOIR have for eliminating specialized children’s dockets in January 2025?
8. What protections exist for an unrepresented child when the only person available to identify a language, procedural, or comprehension problem is not permitted to speak in certain courtrooms (i.e., friend of court)?
9. In master calendar hearings, including those with over 50 or over 100 children scheduled for one docket, how is EOIR ensuring that interpretation is provided for each child in their best language?
10. How does EOIR reconcile the practice of accepting pleadings and issuing removal orders against unrepresented children in mega master hearings with 8 C.F.R. § 1240.10(c)? Please produce any guidance, memoranda, or training materials EOIR has issued to immigration judges regarding 8 C.F.R. § 1240.10(c) since January 20, 2025.
11. How many unaccompanied children have been scheduled for asylum interviews on fewer than 21 days' notice since June 1, 2026? Please provide monthly totals broken down by asylum office and by whether the child was represented at the time of interview. How many of those interviews have taken place?
12. What is the policy or legal basis for USCIS's issuance of asylum interview notices to unaccompanied children on 24 hours' notice? Please produce all guidance, memoranda, and communications between USCIS and ORR, EOIR, ICE, or the White House regarding accelerated asylum interview scheduling for unaccompanied children since January 20, 2025.
13. How does USCIS verify representation status at asylum interviews for unaccompanied children? What is USCIS's practice when a USCRI attorney appears at an asylum interview for a child who has existing counsel of record?
14. Please describe USCIS's coordination with ORR on the September 11, 2026 “Care Provider Supporting Virtual Asylum Interviews” job aid, including the use of care provider staff as interpreters and the waiver-of-representative provision.
15. How many asylum cases for unaccompanied children has USCIS approved since January 2025? How many of those cases were for children in ORR custody?
16. What legal orientation presentations for custodians of unaccompanied children has EOIR provided in each month of 2026, consistent with 8 U.S.C. § 1232(c)(4)? If none, when did EOIR cease providing them and on what legal basis?
17. Please provide any communications between EOIR, DOJ, ICE OPLA, USCIS, and ORR (or any component of HHS) regarding the scheduling, prioritization, or acceleration of unaccompanied children's immigration cases since January 20, 2025, including communications regarding the September 28, 2026, revision to ORR System of Records Notice 09-80-0321.
18. Please produce any policies, memoranda, or guidance ICE OPLA has issued since January 20, 2025, regarding when OPLA attorneys are directed to oppose or not to oppose continuance requests in cases involving unaccompanied children, including cases in which the child has not yet obtained counsel or has not yet had an opportunity to consult with counsel.
19. Historically, OPLA attorneys were allowed to make inquiries, request a case be expedited, or an interview be scheduled with USCIS regarding applications for pending immigration benefits on behalf of children appearing in removal proceedings. Does that access no longer exist? If it no longer exists, when was that ability taken away from OPLA attorneys?
20. How many unaccompanied children have been ordered removed in absentia each month in 2026, including August? How many of those were in ORR custody?
21. How many unaccompanied children without counsel have been ordered removed each month in 2026, including August? How many of those were in ORR custody?
22. How many unaccompanied children have accepted voluntary departure at immigration court each month in 2026, including August? How many of those were in ORR custody? How many of those children had legal representation at the time of accepting voluntary departure?
23. How many children withdrew their applications for asylum with USCIS prior to their interviews? How many of those were in ORR custody? How many of those children had legal representation at the time of withdrawing?
24. How many unaccompanied children have been ordered removed without receiving an individual hearing in their case?
25. What policies or guidance does DHS have in place regarding OPLA’s role in children’s immigration proceedings, including when to ask for and/or not oppose requests for a continuance?
Thank you for your prompt attention to these urgent matters. We look forward to your immediate response.
Sincerely,
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Issues:CongressImmigration
Rep. Salinas and Tualatin Celebrate New Hydropower System Turning Drinking Water Into Clean Energy
Position: Rep. Salinas states that adding clean energy such as hydropower to water systems and solar to homes and buildings can help reduce energy costs, and that strong local partnerships and federal support can help make more such projects possible.
Tualatin, OR — The City of Tualatin is celebrating the completion of a first-of-its-kind hydropower project that allows the city’s drinking water to create clean, renewable energy. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) joined city leaders, representatives from Oregon’s Department of Energy and project partners, including Energy Trust of Oregon and Portland General Electric (PGE), to mark the completion of the 56-kilowatt in-pipe hydropower system at the Tualatin City Services facility. The project is expected to generate more than 270,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity each year — enough to fully power the City Services facility and save the city an estimated $26,000 each year.
“Building a more affordable future demands innovative ideas. That’s exactly what Tualatin is doing with their new in-pipe hydropower project,” said Rep. Salinas. “Adding clean energy like hydropower to our water systems and solar to our homes and buildings can help bring down energy costs and combat the affordability crisis. Projects like this show how communities can create clean energy by making the most of the infrastructure we already rely on. Strong local partnerships and federal support can help make more of these projects possible.”
Along with the system, the city also installed additional infrastructure that will eventually help keep operations running during major outages or emergencies. In the future, the city plans to add a microgrid and large battery capable of powering critical municipal buildings on its own.
“Building a more resilient Tualatin is central to our climate action plan,” said Frank Bubenik, mayor of Tualatin. “This project shows how we can use innovative infrastructure to strengthen reliability and lay the groundwork for future backup power. It’s the kind of smart investment that can improve reliability, reduce energy costs and help protect our community for the long term.”
The system is installed where drinking water from Bull Run Reservoir enters Tualatin’s water distribution system. Developed by Oregon-based InPipe Energy, the system captures unused pressure to generate 24/7 carbon-free electricity without interrupting water delivery.
Energy Trust of Oregon, a nonprofit funded by customers of investor-owned utilities’ that helps communities, organizations, and families connect to clean, renewable energy provided more than $270,000 in cash incentives for the project and supported the project’s design.
Across Oregon, Energy Trust is working with cities, water districts and rural communities to turn critical municipal infrastructure into new sources of reliable, local clean energy. Renewable energy projects — whether hydropower, solar or battery-supported systems — help communities cut energy costs and strengthen resilience in the face of climate-related challenges.
“When cities are willing to explore innovative ideas, they can unlock far more value from the infrastructure than they already have,” said Tracy Scott, director of energy programs with Energy Trust of Oregon. “This project will generate renewable power while helping Tualatin reduce its energy costs year after year, leaving more resources available for other community priorities. That’s the kind of practical, lasting value we’re looking to help communities achieve.” This project was also partially funded by PGE’s Green Future Renewable Development Fund, which is made possible by PGE Green Future customers who support impactful small-scale local renewable energy projects.
“It’s the incredible support of PGE customers who are helping bring local clean energy projects like this one in Tualatin to life,” said PGE local government affairs senior manager, Meredith Armstrong. “Through our Green Future program, PGE customers are choosing to support impactful renewable energy projects for healthier and more energy resilient communities.”
These funds were combined with a grant from the Oregon Department of Energy and an anticipated federal investment tax credit. Altogether, grants, incentives and anticipated tax credits covered more than 85% of the project’s $920,000 total cost.
The environmental benefits of this project extend beyond energy generation. The area surrounding the turbine was replanted and landscaped to meet Backyard Habitat Certification Program standards, using native, wildlife-friendly plants to create habitat for pollinators and wildlife. The Backyard Habitat Certification Program is a collaboration between Columbia Land Trust and Bird Alliance of Oregon.
As the City continues implementing its Climate Action Plan, Tualatin’s project demonstrates how communities can use existing infrastructure to generate clean energy, reduce costs and advance climate goals. It’s an example of how local innovation and strong partnerships can create lasting benefits for the community.
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Issues:Creating a More Affordable, Secure OregonEnergy and Environment
Rep. Salinas’ Statement Calling Out ICE’s Reckless Operation in Salem
Position: The release criticizes ICE's conduct during Salem operations, citing use of pepper spray and smoke canisters near elderly people and children and reckless driving, and calls for accountability and answers from the agency and the administration.
Salem, OR — Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) release the following statement in response to ICE’s reckless operations in Salem.
“My team and I are monitoring the news of today’s ICE operations in Salem. I’m deeply concerned about their use of force and their impulse to escalate the situation against Oregonians.
“ICE’s actions today were reckless and needlessly endangered innocent people. As part of today’s operations, ICE deployed pepper spray, pepper balls, and smoke canisters against the elderly and children. They followed and harassed U.S. citizens, and they drove recklessly with a blatant disregard for the safety of other drivers. At one point, they shut down 99E and nearly caused several accidents.
“If Trump were not using ICE to threaten and terrorize our communities, Oregonians would have been safer today, plain and simple. It’s clear ICE is either not trained or has no desire to deescalate situations or operate safely. I’ll be pressing ICE for answers about why today’s enforcement put so many innocent Oregonians at risk, and I’m going to keep fighting in Congress to hold ICE and this administration accountable.”
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Issues:Civil RightsDefending DemocracyImmigrationPublic Safety
Rep. Salinas, Sen. Booker Lead Eight Lawmakers in Calling on RV Industry to Remove Deforestation-Linked Timber from Supply Chains
Position: The release states that the RV industry should remove deforestation-linked tropical timber from its supply chains and shift hardwood sourcing toward domestic hardwoods or composite materials, and that companies should adopt voluntary wood-sourcing standards.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), alongside Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led eight Members of Congress in a letter urging the nation’s leading recreational vehicle manufacturers to adopt more sustainable supply chain practices and shift their sourcing of hardwood away from producers that contribute to deforestation and other devastating environmental practices.
This effort comes after an alarming New York Times investigation that uncovered how Indonesian rainforest timber harvested from environmentally sensitive regions made its way into American RVs. That logging has driven vast rainforest and peatland destruction, displacing Indigenous communities, fueling labor abuses, and threatening orangutans and other wildlife. The lawmakers stressed that the RV industry has both the duty and the means to lead the outdoor recreation industry toward responsible sourcing and stewardship without delay. The letter encouraged RV manufacturers to accelerate their switch to domestic hardwoods or composite materials.
Congresswoman Salinas and Senator Booker are joined on their letter by Reps. Val Hoyle (OR-04), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), as well as Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
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Dear Mr. Happe, Mr. Martin, Mr. Gaeddert, and Mr. Nemeth,
We write as Members of Congress with an interest in the health of America’s forest products industry and in responsible stewardship of natural resources.
Investigative reporting by The New York Times documents how Indonesian rainforest timber sourced from environmentally sensitive regions of Borneo has made its way into your supply chains and consequently into American recreational vehicles.
These findings are alarming. Tropical plywood, particularly meranti or lauan, has been harvested from the Mayawana Persada concession which contains carbon-rich peatlands and intact rainforest habitat critical to the survival of critically endangered Bornean orangutans, as well as other species. These actions violate Indonesia's national climate commitments and have been accompanied by egregious violations of the rights of Indigenous communities.
As the biggest consumer of tropical hardwood plywood in the United States, the RV industry bears particular responsibility for ensuring its supply chains are more suitably managed.
Many companies now vet their suppliers to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains, yet the RV industry lacks basic wood-sourcing standards. Voluntary sourcing standards have played an important role in the development of sustainable production in a wide variety of industries and, when successful, can obviate the need for stricter regulation. Retailers such as Lowe's and Home Depot, for example, have adopted wood sourcing policies that prohibit deforestation-linked timber. Outdoor recreation depends on healthy ecosystems, and sourcing deforested timber contradicts the industry’s stated values, especially when practical alternatives exist.
We strongly encourage your companies – as market leaders in your industry – to adopt robust supply chain traceability practices and wood sourcing policies that prohibit the use of timber linked to deforestation, peatland destruction, violations of Indigenous peoples' rights, or labor abuses. As part of that commitment, we urge you to require that all wood products used in your vehicles be independently certified as legal, sustainably managed, and deforestation-free – such as Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification or an equivalent standard. The development by your companies of new due diligence guidelines, in consultation with expert stakeholder entities, can help ensure that such policies can be effectively implemented and monitored. We would also encourage you to accelerate the switch to domestic hardwoods or composite materials to avoid the use of tropical hardwoods altogether.
Thank you for your attention to this important issue. We look forward to hearing how your companies intend to lead the outdoor recreation industry toward a commitment to responsible sourcing and responsible stewardship.
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Issues:CongressEnergy and Environment
Rep. Andrea Salinas Celebrates Continued Funding for Landmark Women’s Healthcare Research
Position: The release supports continued and fully funded federal research through the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) on menopause and midlife women's health, and notes the representative led a colleague letter urging NIH to continue funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) celebrates the five-year extension of funding for the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award the study $44,456,682 to continue studying menopause and additional midlife factors that may contribute to women's health.
“Menopause affects every woman as they age, yet it has long been underresearched and underfunded, thus limiting our understanding of its impact on women's lives. Over the last three decades, SWAN researchers have made innovative breakthroughs in understanding how perimenopause and menopause can exacerbate mental health issues, bone loss, and sleep problems,” said Salinas. “Regardless, more research is needed to understand its connection to long-term, life-threatening conditions, including strokes and Alzheimer's disease. I am proud that SWAN will receive full funding for the next five years to continue strengthening our understanding of women's health and to equip providers with the training and education they need to deliver quality care to their patients.”
In December 2025, Salinas led thirty-three of her colleagues in sending a letter to the NIH urging continued funding for SWAN, a long-running, federally funded research study examining women’s health during midlife and menopause.
SWAN is an epidemiologic study that began in 1994 to research the health of women as they enter their midlife years. The study aims to educate women and providers about how midlife transitions can affect women's health and to continue scientific research for future breakthroughs.
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Reps. Salinas, Ramirez Introduce Legislation to Require the Federal Government to Share Evidence with Local Law Enforcement in DHS Use-of-Force Incidents
Position: Introduces legislation requiring DHS and the Attorney General to share evidence and provide access to incident scenes with state and local law enforcement in ICE and CBP officer-involved shootings and other use-of-force incidents.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Delia Ramirez (IL-03) introduced the ICE Shootings Transparency Act to provide local and state law enforcement agencies unfettered access to evidence in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer-involved shootings and other use of force incidents.
“When an ICE or CBP agent kills or injures someone in our community, transparency needs to be the bare minimum,” said Rep. Salinas. “Since the start of the second Trump Administration, the federal government has often refused to provide local law enforcement with critical evidence in shootings and other use-of-force incidents involving ICE and CBP officers. My bill would ensure that when these incidents occur, state and local law enforcement agencies would have unrestricted access to this evidence to deliver full justice to victims and their families.”
“DHS lies to avoid accountability. DHS agents use reckless and unlawful force and then DHS issues public statements justifying the use of force that are repeatedly proven false or highly misleading,” said Congresswoman Ramirez.“That’s why I’m joining Rep. Salinas to require DHS and the Attorney General to share evidence related to shootings by ICE and CBP officers with local law enforcement agencies to carry out investigations. We will not stop until we have justice for every person that was killed or harmed at the hands of DHS agents. We will reimagine true safety, abolish ICE, dismantle DHS, and hold all perpetrators accountable.”
In January 2026, when ICE killed Renee Good, Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was tapped to conduct a joint investigation with the FBI. However, shortly after the announcement, the state agency said that they had been kicked out of the investigation, leaving the investigation in the hands of the Trump Administration. Several months later, ICE agents killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and have also refused to work with state and local law enforcement. This has included blocking local and state law enforcement officials from accessing investigatory materials, such as Salgado Araujo’s work van and the scene of the incident.
Reps. Salinas and Ramirez introduced the ICE Shootings Transparency Act to address this issue that some local law enforcement agencies have encountered with ICE and CBP officers involved shootings that result in the injury or death of a civilian. Their bill would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Attorney General to share evidence on an ongoing basis with appropriate local law enforcement agencies related to shootings by ICE and CBP officers that injure or kill someone.
Additionally, this bill would require DHS and the Attorney General to provide access to the location of the incident to state and local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the area to carry out regular investigative functions.
The ICE Shootings Transparency Act is cosponsored by Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-At Large), Jim Costa (CA-21), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29).
The legislation is endorsed by the National Immigration Law Center (NILC).
In February, Salinas introduced the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Actto hold the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) liable for violating individuals’ constitutional rights.
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Issues:CongressDefending DemocracyImmigrationPublic Safety
ICYMI: Rep. Salinas Joins KIND Press Call on Treatment of Unaccompanied Children
Position: Rep. Salinas criticizes the Administration's efforts to fast-track removal of unaccompanied children, citing prolonged ORR detention, rushed court proceedings, and limited access to counsel, and calls for children to receive a fair chance to be heard and a safe place to stay while their cases are decided.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) joined Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) for a virtual press conference on the Trump Administration’s efforts to fast-track the removal of unaccompanied children. Rep. Salinas raised concerns about children being held in prolonged detention, rushed through immigration court proceedings, and forced to navigate complex legal cases without adequate access to an attorney.
Salinas also highlighted her work in Congress to demand answers from federal agencies about prolonged detention, access to counsel, and policies that keep children separated from safe family members.
Listen to a recording of the full press conference HERE and read Rep. Salinas’ full remarks below.
Good morning. I’m Congresswoman Andrea Salinas, and I proudly represent Oregon’s Sixth Congressional District. Thank you to KIND for your work in standing up for children and for hosting today’s event.
Whether it is using prolonged detention as a tool to wear children down until they give up and self-deport, or rushing through court cases before a child can find a lawyer, the Administration is robbing these children of their due process and, in many cases, robbing them of their safety from serious harm.
These are children who have fled abuse, trafficking, or persecution in their home country. And instead of finding safety in the United States, a country that once proclaimed, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” they are being denied basic protections that could save their lives. Trump is using every tool he has, no matter how cruel, to meet his arbitrary deportation quotas, and children are paying the price. We owe them a fair chance to be heard and a safe place to stay while their cases are decided.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement, or ORR, is ground zero for Trump’s abuse. Congress gave ORR a clear mission: care for unaccompanied children and place them promptly with parents or other safe, vetted sponsors. Yet as of March 2026, children were spending an average of more than 200 days in ORR custody. That is more than six months when the standard under federal rules is twenty days.
My colleagues and I have raised concerns to the Administration about children remaining in custody even when a parent or another prospective sponsor has been vetted. We have demanded answers about ORR sharing information with ICE that can lead to the arrest of a parent or family member trying to reunite with a child. Just imagine the fear that creates for other relatives who might otherwise come forward.
Months of uncertainty in custody take their toll. Children can lose hope of seeing their families again. Prolonged detention can worsen anxiety and depression. It can also make it harder for a child to tell an attorney or a judge about the abuse or persecution they fled. And when a child sees no way out of detention, “voluntary departure” may no longer feel like a real choice.
At the same time, the immigration courts are intentionally speeding up children’s cases while access to legal help has been disrupted.
Just this week, CNN reported on a story from Texas where twenty-five children, some as young as three years old, appeared before an immigration judge. Fifteen of those children did not have an attorney, and even if they did, most 3-year-olds only have a vocabulary of no more than 500 words.
I’ve heard stories of children who are given only a week or two to find a lawyer, and of a child told to prepare and file an asylum application alone.
To make the situation worse, earlier this year, the Trump Administration allowed its contract with the Acacia Center for Justice (uh-KAY-shuh) to expire. I recently spoke with the Immigration Counseling Service, or ICS, who is a subgrantee of Acacia’s contract with ORR. Since 2008, ICS has served as Oregon’s sole legal services provider for unaccompanied children.
ICS told me that because the Trump Administration canceled longstanding contracts with immigration attorneys who represent unaccompanied children, organizations like theirs have lost a significant source of funding. The Administration is starving advocates and attorneys of resources. This loss of funding threatens the survival of both ICS and the unaccompanied children they represent.
Instead of continuing to work with longstanding legal partners, the Administration has signed a bridge contract with a new nonprofit who doesn’t have the capacity to represent all unaccompanied children, resulting in many children showing up to court without a lawyer. In other cases, lawyers haven’t spoken up as children faced the court.
A child cannot be expected to navigate a life-changing legal proceeding alone, especially while separated from family and living in prolonged detention. A fair hearing takes time. It takes language access with a vocabulary of more than 500 words, expertise from immigration lawyers who have the skills to work with unaccompanied children, and it takes a meaningful opportunity to get legal help and present evidence.
That is why I led 46 House colleagues in a letter demanding answers from ORR about prolonged detention, sponsor placements, children’s mental health, and its coordination with immigration enforcement. The Administration may not want to provide these answers. It does not want the American public to fully understand the grave harms to children its policies are causing, but I’m going to make sure the public knows what this Administration is doing to children.
I am also going to continue to press the Justice Department and immigration officials for answers about accelerated hearings, access to counsel, and the removal of children without a meaningful chance to present their cases.
ORR must return to its child welfare mission: vet sponsors thoroughly, make timely decisions, and release children to safe parents and loved ones without unnecessary delay. Immigration courts must give children a fair chance to obtain counsel and be heard. And we need federal agencies to answer for policies that keep families apart and put children at risk.
The United States should be a place where a child fleeing harm can seek safety and receive a fair hearing. I ask President Trump and this administration—where is your humanity? Show us the human side of your actions. That is the standard I will keep fighting for.
Thank you.
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Issues:Immigration
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
1.AMERIPAC2 contributions$10,000
2.NATIONAL WOODEN PALLET AND CONTAINER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PALLETPAC)2 contributions$10,000
3.CHC BOLD PACLeadership2 contributionsMember-of-Congress leadership PAC affiliated with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — directs contributions to allied Democratic candidates.AI$10,000
4.JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PAC2 contributions$10,000
5.PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership3 contributionsMember-of-Congress leadership PAC — specific affiliations and policy positions not inferable from the name.AI · low$10,000
6.BLUE WAVE PROJECT4 contributions$10,000
7.AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E4 contributions$10,000
8.FAIR SHOT PACIdeological3 contributionsProgressive-aligned PAC — backs candidates and causes focused on economic opportunity and reducing inequality.AI$9,000
9.AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Finance4 contributionsBanking-industry trade association PAC — backs candidates supporting deregulation, consumer-credit expansion, and reduced compliance costs for financial institutions.AI$9,000
10.NIKE INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NIKE FEDERAL PAC)4 contributions$8,500
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
Itemized individual contributions over $200 to this rep's campaign committee, aggregated by donor employer. PAC giving is shown above; this section is people, not organizations.
1.METRO WEST AMBULANCE$8,000
2.LINKEDIN$7,000
3.ALSOP LOUIE PARTNERS$7,000
4.MARQUIS ENERGY INC$7,000
5.KALSHI$7,000
6.Q PRIME INC$7,000
7.SIGNAL GROUP$5,500
8.HKM EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS LLP$4,500
9.DIGITAL VISION INC$4,000
10.CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC$4,000
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
