Dear
Friend:
I
want
to
give
you
a
quick
update
on
my
recent
work
as
your
representative
in
the
House,
and
share
some
important
news
for
Oregonians
and
local
communities
in
our
great
state.
In
the
House,
we
recently
passed
critical
legislation
to
help
communities
in
Oregon
clean
up
old
industrial
sites
and
put
them
back
into
productive
use.
The
International
Trade
Commission
(ITC)
also
took
important
action
to
combat
illegal
trade
practices
from
the
Chinese,
and
help
protect
wood
products jobs
in
Oregon.
And
at
the
Energy
and
Commerce
Committee
--
where
I
serve
as
chairman
--
we
recently
passed
important
legislation
to
boost
hydropower
production
in
Oregon
and
across
the
country.
I
hope
you’ll
continue
reading
to
learn
more
about
this
work
and
recent
headlines
impacting
our
state.
A
better
path
forward
for
Cascade-Siskiyou
After
an
extensive
review
of
national
monument
designations
made
under
the
1906
Antiquities
Act,
Secretary
of
the
Interior
Ryan
Zinke
released
a
final
report
that
included
recommendations
for
the
Cascade-Siskiyou
National
Monument
in
southern
Oregon.
I
appreciate
Secretary
Zinke's
willingness
to
come
to
southern
Oregon
this
summer
to
meet
with
passionate
people
on
all
sides
of
the
issue
before
making
his
decision,
and
his
recommendation
reflects
the
concerns
we
heard
raised
by
foresters,
private
landowners,
county
commissioners,
ranchers,
and
others.
Past
presidents
have
ignored
federal
law
that
governs
much
of
this
forest
land
and
have
exceeded
the
intent
of
the
Antiquities
Act
by
roping
in
enormous
swaths
of
private
land
into
the
monument.
The
result
was
a
loss
of
private
property
rights
and
reduced
revenues
for
our
schools
and
roads.
Meanwhile,
the
forests
become
more
overstocked,
increasing
the
risk
of
catastrophic
fire. After
the
devastating
fires
this
summer,
it’s
time
to
get
back
to
responsible
management
of
our
public
lands.
For
more
information
on
Secretary
Zinke’s
final
report
and
full
recommendations
for
the
Cascade-Siskiyou
National
Monument,
please
click
here.
Winner
of
the
2017
Congressional
App
Challenge

Click
here
or
on
the
image
above
to
watch
a
demonstration
of
Tyson
Seable’s
app,
“Flare”
I
am
pleased
to
announce
that
Tyson
Seable,
a
freshman
at
Grants
Pass
High
School,
is
the
winner
of
the
2017
Congressional
App
Challenge!
The Congressional
App
Challenge is
designed
to
engage
student
creativity
and
encourage
their
participation
in
Science,
Technology,
Engineering
and
Math
(STEM)
education
fields.
This
nationwide
event
allows
high
school
students
from
across
the
country
to
compete
against
their
peers
by
creating
and
exhibiting
their
software
application,
or
"app,"
for
mobile,
tablet,
or
computer
devices
on
a
platform
of
their
choice.
Tyson’s
app
--
called
“Flare”
--
allows
users
to
distribute
quizzes
to
friends
and
students,
and
provides
live
results
for
each
quiz
that
are
available
for
download
and
sharing.
And
while
the
app
is
designed
for
classrooms,
Tyson
said
that
Flare
can
be
enjoyed
by
anyone
who
enjoys
a
challenge
--
it
will
be
available
on
the
Google
Playstore
in
December. I
enjoyed
talking
with
Tyson
to
tell
him
the
news
and
congratulate
him
on
winning
this
year’s
challenge.
Tyson
is
an
ambitious
student
with
a
unique
skill
set
and
bright
future
ahead
of
him.
I
encourage
interested
students
from
across
Oregon’s
Second
District
to
participate
in
next
year’s
Congressional
App
Challenge.
For
more
information
on
the
Congressional
App
Challenge
and
how
to
participate,
please
visit https://walden.house.gov/appchallenge.
Good
news
for
Crater
Lake-Klamath
Regional
Airport
Click
here
or
on
the
image
above
to
read
more
from
the
Herald
&
News
in
Klamath
Falls
Recently,
the
Transportation
Security
Administration
(TSA)
made
an
important
announcement
for
the
community
in
Klamath
Falls
and
the
Crater
Lake-Klamath
Regional
Airport.
The
TSA
announced
they
will
be
leaving
their
screening
equipment
in
place
as
the
airport
continues
its
recruitment
process
for
a
new
carrier
to
bring
commercial
air
service
back
to
Klamath
Falls.
I
heard
from
airport
officials
that
leaving
the
screening
equipment
in
place
will
allow
the
airport
and
local
community
to
recruit
a
replacement
carrier
without
the
administrative
and
logistical
burdens
of
removing
the
equipment.
That’s
why
I
sent
a
letter
to
TSA
Administrator
David
Pekoske
requesting
that
the
screening
equipment
remain
in
place
until
the
airport’s
robust
recruitment
process
is
complete.
This
is
a
small
but
important
step
that
will
help
the
airport
recruit
a
new
carrier,
and
I
will
continue
to
work
alongside
my
congressional
colleagues,
the
Department
of
Transportation,
and
airport
officials
to
return
commercial
air
service
back
to
Klamath
Falls.
Learn
more
here.
Reauthorizing
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency’s
Brownfields
Program

Click
here
or
on
the
image
above
to
view
my
speech
on
the
House
floor
Recently,
the
House
passed
bipartisan
legislation
that
will
help
communities
in
Oregon
clean
up
old
industrial
sites
and
put
them
back
into
productive
use
--
boosting
local
economies
and
growing
jobs.
The
Brownfields
Enhancement,
Economic
Redevelopment,
and
Reauthorization
Act
originated
in
the
Energy
and
Commerce
Committee
--
where
I
serve
as
chairman
--
and
seeks
to
reauthorize
and
make
improvements
to
EPA’s
Brownfields
Program.
Oregon
has
successfully
utilized
the
Brownfields
Program
to
clean
up
industrial
sites
across
our
state
and
put
them
back
in
to
productive
service.
One
great
example
is
the
Old
Mill
District
in
Bend,
the
former
site
of
two
lumber
mills
that
is
now
a
bustling
hub
of
economic
activity
thanks
in
part
to
the
Brownfields
Program.

Before-and-after
photo
of
the
Old
Mill
District
in
Bend,
Oregon,
one
of
Oregon’s
most
successful
Brownfields
Program
projects.
Picture
courtesy
of
Old
Mill
District
Bend
isn’t
alone.
Last
year
in
The
Dalles,
Google
broke
ground
on
an
expansion
to
their
data
center
on
26
acres
of
former
mill
land
that
was
cleaned
up
under
this
program
--
a
$600
million
investment
expected
to
create
50
new
jobs.
In
my
hometown
of
Hood
River,
the
Port
of
Hood
River
just
finished
a
brownfields
cleanup
of
another
former
mill
site,
opening
over
12
acres
of
land
for
future
business
opportunities
in
the
area. And
in
southern
Oregon,
the
city
of
Grants
Pass
is
in
the
early
stages
of
working
towards
the
same
goal.
They've
successfully
secured
assistance
through
the
Brownfields
Program
to
begin
planning
the
cleanup
and
redevelopment
of
the
old
Spalding
Mill
industrial
site.
These
are
just
a
few
examples
of
how
the
Brownfields
Program
has
been
successful
in
Oregon.
The
Brownfields
Enhancement,
Economic
Redevelopment,
and
Reauthorization
Act
--
which
passed
on
a
409-8
vote
--
will
help
ensure
this
success
continues.
Learn
more
here.
Boosting
hydropower
in
Oregon

Click
here
or
on
the
image
above
to
view
my
remarks
at
the
Energy
and
Commerce
Committee
meeting
As
Chairman
of
the
House
Energy
and
Commerce
Committee,
one
of
my
top
priorities
is
to
boost
renewable
energy
and
help
protect
small
businesses
and
consumers
from
overregulation.
Recently,
the
Energy
and
Commerce
Committee
passed
important
legislation
to
promote
hydropower
in
Oregon,
and
rein
in
costly
regulations
that
are
hurting
rural
communities
in
our
state.
In
Oregon,
over
43%
of
our
electricity
is
generated
from
hydropower
--
a
clean
energy
source
that
emits
zero
carbon.
During
our
meeting,
we
passed
legislation
to
help
Oregon
do
a
better
job
of
harnessing
its
great
hydropower
potential.
Legislation
we
passed
promotes
hydropower
development
at
existing
non-powered
dams
and
opens
the
door
wider
for
the
construction
of
more
pumped
storage
hydropower
projects,
which
is
of
particular
interest
to
Oregon
where
we
have
tremendous
opportunities
to
build
new
pumped-hydro
storage
facilities.
This
work
builds
on
legislation
we
passed
in
the
House
--
the
Hydropower
Policy
Modernization
Act --
which
will
help
modernize
hydropower
production
across
the
country.
With
the
abundance
of
hydropower
in
Oregon,
we
must
ensure
we
are
taking
full
advantage
of
this
valuable
resource.
Learn
more
about
our
work
to
get
that
done
here.
Protecting
timber
jobs
in
Oregon
In
a
move
that
will
help
protect
timber
jobs
in
Oregon
and
across
the
country,
the
International
Trade
Commission
(ITC)
recently
announced
tariffs
against
China
to
protect
the
U.S.
hardwood
plywood
market.
Specifically,
the
ITC
announced
tariffs
up
to
183%
against
the
Chinese
for
illegally
subsidizing
hardwood
plywood
imports.
Oregon
is
the
largest
producer
of
hardwood
plywood
in
the
United
States,
and
in
October
I
testified
before
the
ITC
in
support
of
an
investigation
into
China’s
illegal
trade
activity.

Meeting
with
employees
of
Timber
Products,
a
hardwood
plywood
lumber
mill
in
Medford
For
too
long,
hardwood
plywood
mills
in
Oregon
--
like
Timber
Products
in
Medford
--
have
suffered
from
the
unfair
trade
practices
China
has
used
to
corner
this
vital
market,
and
threaten
family-wage
jobs
in
our
state.
When
I
met
with
employees
of
Timber
Products
in
August,
we
discussed
the
need
to
protect
U.S.
timber
jobs
and
send
the
clear
signal
that
using
illegal
trade
practices
to
hurt
American
companies,
cost
American
jobs,
and
harm
American
communities
is
unacceptable.
The
ITC’s
action
helps
accomplish
that,
and
I
will
continue
to
work
to
protect
manufacturing
jobs
in
Oregon
and
throughout
the
United
States.
Learn
more
here.
2017
Champion
of
Rural
America
Award

Honored
to
be
a
recipient
of
the
National
Grange’s
Champion
of
Rural
America
Award
for
2017
I
was
also
truly
honored
to
receive the
National
Grange’s
Champion
of
Rural
America
award
this
year.
As
Oregonians,
we
understand
well
the
importance
of
supporting
rural
America.
With
over
167
Granges
throughout
our
great
state,
National
Grange
has
been
a
strong
advocate
and
voice
for
rural
communities
in
Oregon
and
across
the
country
for
150
years.

Click
here
or
on
the
image
above
to
view
my
video
message
for
the
National
Grange’s
150-year
anniversary
I
want
to
especially
thank
National
Grange
President
Betsy
Huber
and
her
entire
team
for
their
service
and
dedication
to
rural
America
and
rural
Oregon,
and
for
this
tremendous
honor.
To
learn
more
about
the
National
Grange
and
the
work
this
organization
does
for
rural
communities,
please
click
HERE.
That’s
all
for
this
update.
Remember,
you
can
always
keep
in
touch
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me
via
email,
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Instagram.
It
is
an
honor
to
represent
you
in
the
U.S.
Congress.
Best
regards,
Greg
Walden
U.S.
Representative
Oregon's
Second
District
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