Honorable Greg Walden
United States Representative, Oregon, Republican
Rep. Walden was elected to Congress in 1998, representing Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District. Previously, he was a member of the state legislature. Throughout his career, he has worked to improve access to affordable health care in rural communities, expand wireless broadband access and reform federal forest policy. He is the current ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is an excerpt from his floor speech from the Dec. 12, 2019, House debate on the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3). …