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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. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with establishing the Commission and appointing members. The letter highlighted concerns that the congressionally-mandated deadlines for appointing members to the Commission passed.

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. This $325 billion spending blowout promotes the interests of the Chinese Communist Party, erodes our global competitive advantage, and dumps billions of taxpayer dollars to Democrat-aligned special interest groups.

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. This in response to the agency’s recent decision to decrease capacity to 25%, which will further exacerbate veterans’ inability to access critical benefits.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to S. 192, the River Democracy Act - a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

WASHINGTON, DC –Today,Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) announced the 2021 winners of the Congressional App Challenge for Oregon’s Second Congressional District: Rami Hozi, Blake Wickers, Cordell Patrick, and Zeferino Araiza from Hermiston High School.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) announced the nomination of fifteen Oregon students for acceptance to United States service academies for the 2022-2023 school year. The nominations follow the recommendations of a Service Academy Nomination Board, which reviewed applicants' academic performance, extracurricular involvement, and character. Final admission determinations will be made by each respective academy in spring 2022.

There were many reasons I voted against the infrastructure bill. The first was that Speaker Pelosi had harnessed the infrastructure bill to the multi-trillion-dollar welfare spending bill that passed. One bill could pass only if both passed. Thus, if Republicans had stopped the infrastructure bill, we could have also stopped the two trillion Build Back Broke bill. Second, the bill was designed and developed by the Senate with no input whatsoever from the House Republicans.