Dear Friend,

I just finished up another week in Oregon’s Sixth District, and I wanted to share a few highlights with you and your neighbors.

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To start the week, I welcomed Congressman Mike Thompson, Co-Chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus from California, to the Stoller Family Estate in Dundee. We took a tour of the winery and learned more about its wine production. After the tour, I hosted winemakers and grape growers from across the Willamette Valley in a wine industry roundtable to discuss some of the challenges they are facing. As a member of the House Agriculture Committee, I will continue to work with my colleagues to ensure that our local wine industry has the resources needed to thrive for generations.

I also visited the Woodburn Pediatric Clinic, where we discussed the critical need to support our rural hospitals by expanding their facilities and addressing the workforce shortage. However, President Trump's Medicaid cuts in his "One Big Beautiful Bill" will cut health care for 16 million Americans, leaving them without the vital care they need. Afterwards, I went to Salem, where I delivered food to some of our neighbors through the Meals on Wheels program. Food banks are already stretched thin for resources, and the additional cuts that Republicans are proposing would leave even more Oregonians without food assistance, further increasing the demand for food banks.

On Juneteenth, I participated in the Willamette Heritage Center Juneteenth Community History Walk in Salem. We walked as a community, tracing the paths of the Gorman Family, who lived in and reunified in Salem despite their enslavement.

Friday morning, I delivered congratulatory remarks at a naturalization oath ceremony where several Oregonians received their U.S. citizenship. Among them was a community member who reached out to my office for assistance, concerned that a missing passport might prevent them from becoming a citizen. My office was able to help ensure that they could proceed with obtaining their citizenship. Congratulations to our newest citizens and their families! If you ever need help with a federal agency, please contact my office at salinas.house.gov/casework. 

Later that afternoon, I stopped by Lake Oswego City Hall for a meeting with local elected officials to hear about community concerns and to find ways that we can continue working together to improve the lives of you and your neighbors.

Finally, I ended the week with my sixth town hall of the year in Tualatin. Thank you to everybody who came out to share your thoughts! Hearing from so many of you about your priorities always energizes me to go back to Washington and fight for our community.

Please know that you can always write to me about the issues that matter most to you and your family. I always appreciate reading your messages. Write to salinas.house.gov/contact.

Be well,




Andrea Salinas
Member of Congress