Walden to Visit Pendleton on Saturday

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) will hold town halls and other meetings in Klamath, Lake, Umatilla, Wallowa, and Malheur counties this weekend.

First, Walden will hold a town hall meeting in Klamath Falls where he’ll provide an update on the TSA Fairness Act, legislation he authored in the U.S. House that would restore commercial air service to the Crater Lake-Klamath Falls Regional Airport by bringing back federal TSA screening. The bill was unanimously approved by the House Homeland Security Committee last week, and the next step forward is a vote in the full House of Representatives. More on Walden’s TSA Fairness Act here.

Next, Walden will host more public meetings in Lakeview, Enterprise, and Jordan Valley to listen to concerns from communities and local officials on federal land management policies in the region. Walden recently wrote letters to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Forest Service Regional Forester Jim Pena urging the Administration to heed the voices of local communities, particularly when it comes to decisions about the potential national monument designation in Malheur County and the Blue Mountain Forest Plan.

In Pendleton, Walden will meet with local hunters, fishermen, and shooting enthusiasts to update them on the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, a bill recently approved by the U.S. House to help protect access to public lands and strengthen Second Amendment rights for sportsmen. That meeting will be at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 at the Pendleton Convention Center, 1601 Westgate.