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Oregon House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Invest $10 Million in New Healthy Homes Repair Fund
For Immediate Release June 24, 2012 House Bill 2842 creates a home repair grant program at the Oregon Health Authority aimed at low-income renters and homeowners to receive energy efficiency upgrades, smoke filtration and home hardening, and other critical housing...
Rep Owens introduces bill to protect Oregonians’ right to privacy, ban implementation of discriminatory vaccine passports
For Immediate Release Date: June 8, 2021 Contact: Stacy Cayce Email: stacy.cayce@oregonlegislature.gov Rep Owens introduces bill to protect Oregonians’ right to privacy, ban implementation of discriminatory vaccine passports SALEM, Ore. – On Monday, Representative...
Republicans force vote to consider bill that gives Legislature oversight on Governor’s emergency powers
Date: May 4, 2021 Contact: Andrew Fromm Republicans attempted to pull bill with Democrat and Republican sponsors out of committee to House floor SALEM, Ore. – Today, Oregon House Legislators voted to consider a bill on the House floor that would give the Legislature...
‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ – Sen. Lynn Findley, Rep. Mark Owens urge Brown, Oregon Health Authority to ‘reconsider’ risk levels
Leslie Thompson Argus Observer Read original article on Argus Observer ONTARIO Starting Friday, Malheur County will join 18 other counties in a backslide of risk levels associated with the spread of COVID-19, according to an announcement from Gov. Kate Brown on...
Letter to Governor Brown – Enough is Enough
CLICK FOR PDF VERSION April 27, 2021 Honorable Governor Kate Brown900 Court St. NE, Room 254Salem, OR 97301 Director Patrick AllenOregon Health Authority800 NE Oregon St,Suite 550 Portland, OR 97232 Honorable Governor Brown and Director Allen, Respectfully, enough is...
Republican proposal to reinstate Oregon’s Promise scholarship for college students gets full vote of Education Committee
Bill to renew scholarship funding comes after Rep. Owens and Rep. Bonham’s request that Governor Brown fulfill the program’s funding for kids and families SALEM, Ore. – In 2020, students who relied on the Oregon Promise Scholarship to pay for college lost out on these...
Only two House bills in the Oregon Legislature would address COVID-19’s impact on education
OREGON HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS For Immediate Release Date: April 2, 2021 Contact: Andrew Fromm Email: andrew.fromm@oregonlegislature.gov Of more than 100 bills in the House Committee on Education, legislation from Rep. Owens and Rep. Alonso León is one of only two...
Building Personal Relationships in an Impersonal World
By Representative Mark Owens The Oregon Way Blog | February 16, 2021 Three days before the short legislative session began in 2020, I was sworn in as State Representative for House District 60. I took an oath to protect our Constitution and represent my constituents,...
Letter to Governor Brown – Elected Leaders Ask for a Conversation
CLICK FOR PDF VERSION November 18, 2020 Honorable Governor Kate Brown900 Court St. NE, Room 254Salem, OR 97301 Dear Governor Brown, We appreciate and understand the challenges you have faced as our Governor during this challenging time in Oregon. We have seen...
Oregon State Representative Mark Owens House District 60 Rep. Mark Owens' Statement on Governor Brown's Statewide Two-Week Freeze CRANE—Representative Mark Owens (R-Crane) issued the following statement in response to Governor Brown’s Two-Week Freeze: “Governor...
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