Maxine Dexter
U.S. Representative · OR-3 · Democrat
Statements and posts
167 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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5 statements, Mar 3, 2025 – Mar 9, 2025
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This week, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter took to MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show to share what she heard from the 1,200+ Oregonians who packed her first solo town hall in Gresham.
“Our democracy is sick. I am a critical care physician, and my job for 20 years has been to look at a patient and say, sick or not sick. This is a democracy that is sick. And certainly, what you don't do when someone's sick is sit back and say, they might get better. They might get worse.”
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U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Andrea Salinas, Janelle Bynum and Maxine Dexter today asked why the Trump administration proposed earlier this week to dispose of federal properties…
“DOGE wants to sell off the building, our district office, that everyone from Hood River to East Portland depends on for constituent services to the highest bidder”
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Dexter Statement on Passing of Congressman Sylvester Turner
He was also a tireless public servant as a mayor and Congressman for the people of Houston.
“I am holding his family, members of his staff, and his entire community in my thoughts today.”
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Dexter Leaves State of the Union with Fellow Progressives
Tonight, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) walked out of the House chamber during Trump’s State of the Union to protest his assault on democracy and betrayal of key campaign promises to protect and support working families.
“Tonight, I left the State of the Union because I will not dignify his cruelty—and I want him to know that.”
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Dexter Announces Local Firefighter Alan Ferschweiler as Guest to Trump’s Joint Address
Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03) announced today that her guest for President Trump's joint address to Congress will be Alan Ferschweiler, a local firefighter and Legislative Director for the Oregon State Firefighters Council.
“Oregon's firefighters are on the front lines of the climate crisis”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.