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Press Releases

April 7, 2025
BURNS, OR-- Thank you to the community leaders, local Harney County officials, State Senator Mike McLane, State Rep.
January 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C– Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-OR) announces, The Dalles Watershed Development Act, which is critical legislation if enacted would transfer 150 acres of U.S. Forest Service land within The Dalles’ municipal watershed to city ownership.  

January 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C – Congressman Cliff Bentz has nominated fourteen Oregon students for consideration for appointment to one of the five prestigious United States Service Academies.

January 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Cliff Bentz’s bill, H.R. 7938, designed to protect Klamath Basin water users from being charged for maintenance and upgrade costs attributable to the Link River or Keno dams, was passed out of the House on December 17th, passed the Senate on December 19th, and on Saturday, January 4th, President Biden signed it.

December 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – I am glad to share that this week, U.S. Route 20, the nation’s longest road stretching from Newport, Oregon, to Boston, Massachusetts, will be officially designated as the "National Medal of Honor Highway" under legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday.

December 3, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02), released a statement in response to Governor Tina Kotek's letter to President Biden, which requests a national monument designation for the Owyhee Canyonlands.  

November 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Cliff Bentz, (R-OR 02), is pleased to announce that his bill, to be introduced tomorrow, which would protect the Owyhee Canyon Lands, and the people who live on and around those lands, will be heard in the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, at 2 pm on November 19th, 2024.

October 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Subcommittee on Natural Resources Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Chairman Cliff Bentz  joined Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) in her district to open a Subcommittee hearing titled, 'It All Depends on Water: Examining Efforts to Improve and Protect Central Oregon

July 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) announced the annual process of nominating Oregon students to attend the nation's prestigious service academies for the upcoming Class of 2029.

July 9, 2024

WASHINGTON— Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-OR) released the names of the 7 individuals he nominated to be considered for attendance at our nation’s service academies.