The Columbia River is a pillar of Oregon’s economy, supporting jobs, and providing about 51% of the Northwest’s supply of electricity.
Recently, the White House announced its creation of the “Columbia River Task force,” which will significantly impact Oregon’s economy and energy infrastructure. The task force is composed exclusively of the unelected bureaucratic environmentalists who do not understand how damaging it would be to destroy hydro-electric generation. The task force’s mission is to remove the four Lower Snake River Dams, which is the first step toward removing all hydroelectric generation on the Columbia River.
President Biden’s so-called energy agenda continues to damage the American people and weaken national security. Concurrent with the announcement of the task force, the Biden-Harris Administration released a report entitled “Highlighting the historic and ongoing negative impacts of the Federal Columbia River Dams on tribal communities.” This is part of a concerted effort to deindustrialize the Northwest, drive up power rates, and force rate payers to fund a thinly-disgusted progressively driven reparation agenda.
I am working with transportation, electrical generation, navigation and recreation groups to counter this unfortunate attack on our Northwest economy.
Fix Our Forest Act
Two weeks ago, the Committee on Natural Resources heard the “Fix Our Forest Act,” a bipartisan bill that would help restore forest health, increase our ability to fight catastrophic wildfires and help protect Oregon’s communities.
For too long, our forests have suffered from poorly designed and implemented forest management policies. More than 117 million acres of national forest are grossly overgrown, turning into unhealthy and incredible dangerous tinderboxes. The “Fix Our Forest Act” directs the use of best available technology to support active and responsible management of our federal lands.
This legislation would allow forest managers to prioritize those forests at the highest risk of wildfire. Forest managers will be able to improve powerline safety, and increase federal, state, tribal and local collaboration through the creation of a new Fireshed Center, expanded Good Neighbor Authority and better-designed Shared Stewardship initiatives.
The Debate: Trump vs. Biden
Two weeks ago, Americans watched the debate between President Joe Biden and Former President Trump. I had the opportunity to watch the debate with a number of other Congressmen and there was a unanimous agreement that President Biden had an incredibly bad night.
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