Chip Shields
Its Time to Bring Our Troops Home
Yesterday, I was joined by members of the Oregon Senate and House today to introduce a memorial urging Congress to create a plan for withdrawing American troops from Iraq. The Memorial, HJM 38 "The Oregon Homeward Bound Act," calls for Congress to pass a resolution that declares that it is the policy of the United States to announce a...
» June 28, 2005 - 5 comments - Chip Shields
Oregon Spending More on Prisons than Universities and Community Colleges
Representative Chip Shields is a first term legislator representing NE Portland With the budget for the Department of Corrections increasing 32% this year to $1.2 billion for the 2005- 07 biennium, and the prison population growing rapidly, Oregonians are being forced to spend a greater share of tax-payer dollars on incarceration rather than on education. Currently in Oregon we...
» May 26, 2005 - 24 comments - Chip Shields
