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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.
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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.
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. Congressman Bentz’s Service Academy Nomination Board—retired and active-duty military officers who interview potential candidates for selection by the service academies— recommended each student based on academic performance, extracurricular involvement, and character.
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.
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. The 12 states along US Highway 20 account for about 62 percent of all 3,516 Medal of Honor awards presented since the Civil War.
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.
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.
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’s Water Supply.' The hearing emphasized the need to protect water resources, address water shortages for farmers and ranchers in Central Oregon and across the country and highlighted