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"I’m just happy that somebody finally is stepping up and trying to get this out-of-control spending situation under control. Thank goodness, because most of the time people are just too scared, politicians and others, to do the things that absolutely have to be done, and that means spending less money."

Rep. Cliff Bentz discusses a recent town hall in his district in which constituents criticized the federal spending cuts being done by DOGE.

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Oregon Congressman Cliff Bentz of Ontario is the only Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation.

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President Joe Biden signed into a law on Jan. 4 a bill that will protect Klamath Project irrigators from paying the costs of operating or maintaining two dams that are not being removed as part of the largest dam removal project in history.

The bill, the Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act of 2024, was introduced by Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02) last spring.

U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., met with members of the La Pine community Tuesday to discuss the Darlene 3 Fire that threatened the town last month.

Bentz took a tour of fire-damaged areas then listened to community members, business people and sheriff's deputies about what happened during and after the fire that forced evacuations.

The group told Bentz about how close the fire came to taking out main power lines, nearly shut down the city's water system and almost burned into developed areas.

FIRST IN DAILY ON ENERGY: A House Natural Resources subcommittee will host a field hearing in the coming weeks on the gray wolf, making the case for lessened federal protections on the grounds that the predator terrorizes other animals and imposes hardship on farmers, ranchers and outdoorsmen. 

EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are demanding information from the Biden administration about its plans to replace four hydroelectric dams in Washington and the negative effects it could have on the local environment.