Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2016 – Today, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) announced introduction of legislation that will help assuage some of the financial hardship borne by state and local taxpayers in protecting the community while armed militants occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
While this situation has been costly in innumerable ways for the local community, the BurnsPaiute Tribe, the state, and the federal government, it has






