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Speaking Freely With Annette Newell


Aug 13, 2022

Its authors call it the "Inflation Reduction Act,"  but how much will it really do to slow prices that have been climbing at their fastest pace in about 40 years?  Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is credited with having played a major part of this 755 page, 700 billion dollar package, he says it’ll lower energy and health care costs for families.

 Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici recently hosted the house select committee on the climate crisis in Oregon, which included a bipartisan field hearing and visits to local environmental projects.  One was called Building Climate Resilient Coastal Communities.  We also hear from Congressman Buddy Carter from Georgia, who was in Oregon for the hearings.

Finally, an update on monkeypox from Dr. Dean Sidelinger with the Oregon Health Authority, which is declaring a disease outbreak in the state.