Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Kurt Schrader [D, OR-5]

Consumer demand giving organic food industry more clout

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...debate on farm legislation that for decades has propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics. When Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., a former organic farmer, offered an amendment to make it easier for organic companies to organize industrywide pr

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Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...Committee debate on farm legislation that for decades has propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics. When Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., a former organic farmer, offered an amendment to make it easier for organic companies to organize indus

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Christmas tree promotion fee back in farm bill

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...whether to continue the fee of 15 cents per tree. In the farm bill, the revived Christmas tree-promotion measure, inserted by Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., plays only a very modest part. Approved by the House of Representatives panel shortly before midnig

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Rising consumer demand aids organic industry sway

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

Organic industry clout grows with consumer demand

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...debate on a sweeping farm bill that has for decades propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics. When Rep. Kurt Schrader, an Oregon Democrat, offered an amendment to make it easier for organic companies to organize promotional campaigns, t

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Ag amendment breaks some eggs

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...a stretch. “Let’s be honest folks. You can dress the pig up anyway you want …but at the end of the day it’s a pig,” said Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), offering his legal analysis as a trained veterinarian. Before the dust settled, the committee

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Christmas tree growers see hope for sales program after 18 months of political purgatory in D.C.

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...near Corvallis. "I'm just totally amazed at how our little industry had become a football for presidential politics." Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., who helped insert the Christmas-tree provision in the farm bill, said the language "didn't raise a ripple"

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King, Animal Fighting Amendments Approved by House Committee Last Night

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...who brought a child to a dogfight would be separated from their children and that was something he couldn’t support. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, one of the two veterinarians in the House, said he worried much more about not interceding when a parent

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Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Christmas Tree Association, said previously. In the farm bill, the revived Christmas tree-promotion measure, inserted by Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., plays only a very modest part. Approved by the House of Representatives panel shortly before midnight We

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David Sarasohn: Another try to pass a farm bill and cut food stamps

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...dramatically to keep the country -- and especially Oregon -- afloat since the economy went, well, belly-up. And once again, Rep. Kurt Schrader, the only Oregon (and Pacific Northwest) member on the committee, says, "I'm going to try to push back on that

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CNBC reports plight of Christmas tree growers, stifled by USDA

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...Christmas tree operations are furious. "They don't call it a Hamburger Tax, they don't call it the Shirt Tax," said Rep. Kurt Schrader, a Democrat from Oregon, when comparing the tree checkoff program to those for beef and cotton. "This is a way for the

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SBA shifting funding away from small business training programs, draws fire from Congress

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...medium-sized small businesses, if you will, and we have had previous testimony that there are a lot of jobs created there,” Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) said to Mills during the hearing. “But there are many of us who are really worried, with the rece

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It's Spring, but Christmas Tree Growers Feel Scrooged

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

Feeling Secure, Incumbents Get Their Money Back

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...Olson, R-Texas, pulled back $40,000. He raised $68,995 from individuals and $32,500 from PACs. He has $98,964 cash on hand. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., pulled back $40,000. He raised $30,950 from individuals and $74,500 from PACs. He has $611,194 cash o

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West Linn sued over water permits; Rep. Kurt Schrader endorses gay marriage: Clackamas County news

2013-04-25T01:00:00Z

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Kurt Schrader endorses gay marriage, just ahead of MoveOn.org petition campaign

2013-04-24T01:00:00Z

...the grassroots liberal pressure group, on Wednesday delivered a petition to Rep. Kurt Schrader's office in Oregon City urging the Oregon Democrat to endorse same-sex marriage. After many discussions with my constituents, I have decided to support marria

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Port of Tillamook Bay wins FEMA Appeal

2013-04-20T01:00:00Z

...natural resources agencies and private foundations. Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden as well as Representative Kurt Schrader were actively involved in the appeal process. “This funding will go a long way to reducing flooding and flood da

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Editorial: Walden might learn it’s lonely in the center

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...toward the center of the political spectrum: Certainly, the testimony he offered last week, along with U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, both Democrats, in favor of a bill that would create an O&C Trust to assume management responsibilities ov

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U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader to hold town hall meeting in West Linn

2013-04-18T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Kurt Schrader will hold a town hall meeting Monday at West Linn High School to discuss the country’s ongoing fiscal crisis. -- Victoria Edwards Schrader will talk about how current financial problems developed and what needs to be done to ensure

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