Congressman Greg Walden

Beth Heckert is the county's first female district attorney. She defeated Rob Patridge, a three term state representative who served as majority whip for the GOP in the Legislature and served on the Medford City Council. Patridge, currently serving as district director for U.S Rep Greg Walden came in far behind Heckert who had a commanding lead in the race with 55% at 10:15 pm last night. Patridge was endorsed by Walden, numerous current...  

and one local congressman is hoping a local police team can help. Congressman Greg Walden says the work that goes on at the Southern Oregon High Tech Crimes Task Force is very similar to the online investigations at many other police agencies. That ...  

By JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Oregon Congressman Greg Walden is urging the U.S. Forest Service to “start over” with its plan to ban motorized vehicles from 3,600 miles of roads on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Walden, a Republican whose Second Congressional District includes the Wallowa-Whitman, isn’t just giving lip service to an issue that has angered many local residents and prompted a protest march Saturday in...  

Southern and eastern Oregon's representative in the U.S. House, Republican Greg Walden will be challenged this November by Democrat Joyce Segers. Republican Art Robinson will challenge incumbent U.S. Representative Peter Defazio in the general election.  The November race for Jackson County District Attorney is already set; Beth Heckert received more than 50% of the vote, meaning there is no need for a fall vote. The November Jackson County...  

Rep. Walden gives NTIA his "face of skepticism." At a House Energy and Commerce Committee oversight hearing yesterday, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) wanted to know why the state of West Virginia bought hundreds of $22,000 enterprise-grade routers from Cisco, only to place some of them into tiny rural libraries with a couple computers. Hundreds more sit in warehouses, still awaiting installation. The routers, each of which can serve a...  

U.S. Rep. Walden asks Forest Service to begin anew on travel management plan U.S. Rep. Greg Walden has called on the U.S. Forest Service to “start over” on its Travel Management Plan for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Walden said the plan is the product of a flawed public process that failed to protect the public’s ability to enjoy their natural resources.  

U.S. Representatives Henry A. Waxman and Anna G. Eshoo have requested that the Energy and Commerce Committee hold a hearing to allow for a discussion of the implications of Verizon Wireless's proposed AWS spectrum acquisition and 700MHz A- and B-block spectrum sale. In a letter sent to Reps. Fred Upton and Greg Walden, who chair the Energy and Commerce Committee, Waxman and Eshoo argue that it is important for proponents and opponents of the...  

Representative calls road use restriction plan tone deaf Speaking in Elgin High School’s music room, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden said Friday that a plan to further restrict road use in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is tone deaf to the needs of the people of Northeast Oregon. The new Forest Travel Management Plan calls for many more portions of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest to be made off-limits to motorized vehicles.  

Greg Walden of Oregon, NRCC deputy chairman, who also spoke at the Monitor breakfast. Representative Walden says the tea party's influence, now being felt in Republican primaries, will help Republicans in November when the group’s energies are ...  

He has the inside track because he is on House Speaker John Boehner's leadership team. In addition, he is now the deputy chairman of the NRCC and close to the current chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas. Sessions, who gets credit for helping ...  

Greg Walden sent the following letter to Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Supervisor Monica Schwalbach to urge her to fully engage the public and take advantage of their knowledge in crafting a new Travel Management Plan. Read the full letter below.  

BEND, Ore. -- About 17,000 veterans are on a waiting list for eyeglasses prescribed by the VA -- and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., is taking on the reason why: that the agency has just one facility contracted to make the glasses, leading to the huge backlog.  

two Republican House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairmen said it was an important step toward locking in procedural improvements made by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. While Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.)  

Mr. Owens said earlier in the afternoon that he expected no trouble passing the provision — but that was before it came to the floor, where Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., chairman of a House communications subcommittee, opposed it. Mr. Walden ...  

“I have said at nearly every climate change hearing that for me I don’t dispute the science.  Right or wrong, the debate over the modeling and science appears to be over.” Guess who said that?  While those comments appear similar to the sentiments expressed by the likes of Al Gore, it was actually Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton who said it during a 2009 hearing before an E&C subcommittee hearing. Throughout the past few...  

House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) said Thursday that he had "no...