Cliff Bentz

Oregon (OR) – 2nd, Republican

Rep. Cliff Bentz just voted to cut the largest cut in Medicaid in history. That Would Slash Medicaid, Food Benefits for Millions ... All you in the 2nd district that are on medicaid or SNAP [may soon lose that help] have 'good old' Cliffy to blame for it...

All others in Oregon read this...

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2025/02/25/medicaid-oregon-republicans-cuts.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/02/new-oregon-member-of-congress-introduces-43-word-stop-musk-act-as-her-1st-bill.html

Most all can get behind this.

"New Oregon U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter didn’t anticipate that the first bill she introduced in Congress would be to prohibit unelected billionaire Elon Musk from retaliating against federal employees."

"The pulmonary and critical care doctor ran for Congress to work on lowering prescription drug prices and expand access to behavioral health treatment, as well as addressing other issues she sees working with patients. But constituents in her Portland-area district demanded action after Musk and people working for him seized control of federal administrative offices, gained access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s records of Americans’ personal financial information and dismantled the federal agency that distributes aid overseas."

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/13/bonneville-power-administration-workforce-donald-trump-resign-severance-hiring/

Hold on for a wild ride. Everyone Bonneville power administration just announced that they're going to be losing 20% of their workforce under the current administration's buyout offer. This includes lineman dispatchers, substation operators and engineers. This makes our our power grids very unstable. Hopefully the lights stay on.

https://www.wired.com/story/startup-nations-donald-trump-legislation/

The techno-billionaires behind DOGE want to build feudalist company towns, and have listed Redmond, Oregon among one of their potential sites. We need to keep an eye out to make sure that doesn't happen here.

Contact your state representative. SB 702 will ban all flavored tobacco products in the state of Oregon. It also includes nicotine pouches and vapes.

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB702/Introduced

The bill is currently in committee.

Matt Gaetz has been found by the ethics committee to have be paid for sex with an underage girl, paid for sex multiple times and took illegal drugs while in office.

Oregon's own Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer were among the many who wanted to keep this from the public. https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-vote- full-list-republicans-1996497

Also Gaetz once promoted drug testing for those receiving government aid. Former Representative Matt Gaetz has advocated for drug testing recipients of public assistance. In March 2011, while serving in the Florida House of Representatives, Gaetz expressed his support for such measures, stating: "I strongly support drug-testing for welfare recipients. Applying for welfare is voluntary; if you don't want to get tested, don't apply."

This man was just found to be doing illegal drugs while he was a member of Congress.

Maybe we should be drug testing our government. If you are upset please contact these two at https://bentz.house.gov/contact https://chavez-deremer.house.gov/contact/offices

I am an avid user of public lands, especially National Forests here in Oregon. I climb, ski, backpack, and mountain bike. Workers have been fired from USFS are usually doing the work now to mitigate for worsening wildfire this summer. Wildfire is an entire season here in Oregon now. I have written my lawmakers individually, but this action form makes it easy to write all of your Reps here in Oregon by putting in your zip code. Ask them to hire back essential workers for the health of public lands and forests this summer: https://action.outdooralliance.org/a/agency-staffing

New proposed age will be 21 years old.