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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-O2) voted in favor of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contained an amendment he introduced that would require the United States Air Force to submit public plans for the future of bases operating with the F-15 Strike Eagle, such as Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, OR.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-O2) announced that Ayla Bingham, a sophomore from North Powder Charter School, has been selected as the winner of OR-02’s 2022 Congressional Art Competition! Ayla’s artwork, Life Awaits, was selected by a panel of four judges who praised the strong execution of an interesting conceptual idea. Ayla will travel to Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) and four of his House colleagues led a bipartisan letter to President Biden encouraging him to allocate funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (passed last year) for the Oregon International EcoPort project in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) and 14 of his colleagues introduced the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) Accountability Act, a bill to return the NPRC to pre-pandemic funding levels if it fails to process and resolve the personnel record backlog of 600,000 requests before October 1, 2022.

Congressman Cliff Bentz (OR-02) led a group of House Republicans in writing to the Biden Administration to seek information about the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, which was authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Act tasked U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), U.S.

The invasion of Ukraine is a war of inexcusable aggression initiated by a dictator with no internal limits on his power. Vladimir Putin will kill thousands, destroy the lives of millions, and produce ruinous economic consequences for Russia and Ukraine. His obvious intent is to crush Ukrainian freedom and expand his Stalinist rule by fear and raw military power.

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz voted against the deceptively named America COMPETES Act (H.R. 4521), which passed the United States House of Representatives by a mostly party line vote of 222-210.

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz, Congressman Fred Keller, and House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Mike Bost led a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration demanding that the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) fully reopen.