Apple tells Congress it was never hacked by Chinese spy chips – CNET

The letter comes in response to a story Bloomberg Businessweek published Thursday. The story cited anonymous sources who said Apple and Amazon were targeted by Chinese spies who implanted surveillance microchips into their data center equipment during the manufacturing process.

Apple to U.S. lawmakers: China did not hack us, as reported – Mon, 08 Oct 2018 PST

Apple's top security officer told lawmakers the company has found no evidence of claims made in a report published last week. His response comes after the Department of Homeland Security and Britain's national cybersecurity agency both said that they believe denials by Apple, Amazon and others of the Bloomberg report that the Chinese government planted surveillance microchips in servers used by U.S. tech giants.

House votes to ban ‘gag clauses’ that prevent pharmacies from lowering customers’ drug costs

The Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act and the Know the Lowest Price Act passed through voice vote Tuesday and are intended to help patients find out whether a prescription would cost less if they were to pay for it out of pocket rather than through their health plan. The first bill applies to private health insurance while the other applies to patients who are covered by Medicare, the government program for adults 65 and older and people with disabilities.

Greg Walden announces grants to combat opioid crisis in Oregon

According to Walden's office, $17 million in new grants from the Department of Health and Human Services will go to "increase access to a wide range of opioid abuse and addiction services across the state, specifically targeted to rural areas." The $17 million is just a portion of the $1 billion in opioid-related granted to all 50 states from DHHS.

Dow Jones Today Jumps 134 Points as U.S. and Mexico Near New Trade Deal

The Dow Jones today projected a 134-point gain on news that the United States is close to a trade deal with Mexico. Reuters reported yesterday that Mexico's economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, believes the discussions for a new trade deal between the NAFTA partners are in the "final hours."

Walden presses Congress for fire prevention

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden said he is looking to congressional colleagues and agencies including the U.S. Forest Service to provide future relief from wildfire smoke, which had only slightly improved this week by the time of his Tuesday press conference in Medford. Standing in front of an orange S-64 Aircrane helicopter flanked by county commissioners from Jackson and Josephine counties, Walden detailed legislative work he was involved in prior to Congress' summer recess to address wildfire prevention in the House version of the farm bill.

Oregon congressional candidate calls Melania Trump a hoebag

Roberts tweeted: 'Did you know the First Lady works by the hour? #thinkdirty #h**bag' in response to someone else's tweet about Mrs Trump A US congressional candidate from Oregon has been slammed for his offensive remarks about First Lady Melania Trump after he called her a 'h**bag' and implied that she was a prostitute. Mark Roberts, who is an independent running for Congress in Oregon's 2nd Congressional district, made the comments about Mrs Trump on Twitter on Monday.

House Passes Bipartisan Legislation on Opioids

The House on Friday voted 396 to 14 to send the Senate more than 50 bills aimed at tackling the opioid crisis, which is claiming more than 115 lives each day in the U.S. The bills, nearly all of which were bipartisan, were wrapped into a single package, named the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act . They aim to study the crisis and treatment efforts, increase treatment options and bed space, aid the development of non-addictive pain treatments, fight trafficking of counterfeit and illicit drugs, and more.

President Trump says Republicans should ‘stop wasting their time on immigration’ until after midterms

President Donald Trump told Republicans on Friday they should "stop wasting their time" trying to pass an immigration measure before the November midterms, potentially sinking efforts by House leaders to build a consensus on a bill. Congress has been facing growing pressure to act on immigration, including from Trump himself.

Thank Republicans for your right to try

Imagine the horror of learning you have a terminal illness for which science has not yet come up with a treatment. Now imagine receiving the same diagnosis, and then learning a promising new treatment exists that could save your life - but you can't get access to it thanks to governmental obstacles.

Voters in 4 states set primary matchups for November midterms

Midterm primaries in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Idaho and Oregon cast their ballots Tuesday night, giving a peek at the candidates who will be up for several Congress and Senate seats in November. In Pennsylvania, six women won their primary challenge, including four Democrats and one Republican, making it all but certain that the state's all-male congressional roster will end in November.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden speaks in Portland in April 2018.

Oregon's senior U.S. Sen., Ron Wyden, took to the Senate floor today to blast the nomination of Ryan Bounds, a Portland federal prosecutor, for a spot on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Bounds, a conservative and a protege of U.S. Rep. Greg Walden failed to gain the support of either of Oregon's U.S. Senators, Wyden or Jeff Merkley.

Is Facebook regulation ‘inevitable’? Not so fast

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies Wednesday before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies Wednesday before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy.

The Latest: Zuckerberg’s congressional survival guide

This March 28, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook is asking users whether they think it's "good for the world" in a poll sent to an unspecified number of people.

House panel says Facebook’s Zuckerberg to testify April 11

The leaders of a House oversight committee say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the panel on April 11. In an announcement Wednesday, Reps. Greg Walden and Frank Pallone say the hearing will focus on the Facebook's "use and protection of user data."

House Energy and Commerce Committee wants Zuckerberg to testify

Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee have requested that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testify before their committees. The letter from the House Energy and Commerce Committee came from chairman Greg Walden, an Oregon Republican, the committee's top Democrat Frank Pallone Jr., Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection subcommittee chairman Bob Latta, ranking Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Communications and Technology subcommittee chairman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and ranking member Mike Doyle, a Pennsylvania Democrat.

House committee calls for Facebook’s Zuckerberg to testify

In this Feb. 21, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2016 event in Barcelona, Spain. Breaking more than four days of silence, Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.

U.S. House committee to invite Facebook’s Zuckerberg to testify

The Republican chairman and top Democrat of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee said on Thursday they will in the coming days formally ask Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to testify, saying the company has left many questions unanswered about its data privacy practices. "The latest revelations regarding Facebook's use and security of user data raises many serious consumer protection concerns," Committee Chairman Greg Walden and Frank Pallone, its top Democrat, said in a statement.