Legislator, farmer's wife, mom, advocate, and life long Oregonian
Amity, OR
Joined August 2025
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Yet in the House Human Services Committee we have been told over and over again that Oregon's SNAP error rates were not because of fraud, but because people missed deadlines, didn't provide appropriate documents, became ineligible and forgot to report, etc....but fraud was very, very little. This is NOT Very little!
The majority of the dozens of suspects federally charged in an Oregon food benefits fraud crackdown are illegal foreign nationals. Oregon’s Democrat politicians and leftists networks seek to protect those people and promote propaganda in support of mass migration. thepostmillennial.com/exclus…
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I have friends in France who i care deeply about. This is a warning from them to us. It breaks my heart.
Tonight, France burned. America, you should be watching very carefully.
Today, October 17, 2026, more than half a million people marched across France against the cost of living. By 8pm, around 400 had been arrested. In Paris, police turned water cannons on the crowds at Place de la République, and one march was stopped 150 meters from the Élysée Palace. Of the 195 people arrested in the capital by the afternoon, only one actually lived in Paris. Mobs forced their way into the city halls of Marseille and Lille. In Lyon, a tourism office was set on fire. In Rennes, barricades burned. Near Limoges, a highway was blocked and police cars were torched.
And then came Limoges.
A crowd of very young people stormed the city hall, a protected historic monument built in the 1880s. They flipped police cars in front of it and set them ablaze, then set the building itself on fire. The flames took the roof, the wedding hall, and the civil registry, the office that records every birth, every marriage, every death in the city. Tonight, the bell tower that has crowned Limoges for nearly 150 years collapsed.
The mayor's response: "It's a monument that is burning, not the Republic."
That is the problem in one sentence. Our leaders still think words can put out fires.
None of this came out of nowhere. For twenty years, the French political class has excused everything. Every riot was "anger." Every burned car was a "social symptom." Every attack on police was "a reaction to provocation." And the hard left, La France Insoumise, which officially backed today's mobilization, built its electoral machine on an alliance with political Islamism: refusing to condemn, refusing to name, trading secularism and public order for votes. In France we have a word for it. Islamo-gauchisme. Islamo-leftism.
Tonight you saw where that culture of excuse ends. A country where a mob can burn down a town hall, and the state arrives after the roof has already fallen in.
My dear American friends,
I say this with love, as someone who has lived among you and owes you a great deal: your midterms are on November 3rd. And the same alliance is growing inside your Democratic Party. The same far-left wing that treats disorder as protest and police as the enemy. The same activists who refuse to draw a line between legitimate dissent and those who openly despise the West. The same politicians who think tolerance means tolerating everything, including the people who want to burn it down.
It always starts with excuses. Then comes impunity. Then come the flames.
Same causes, same effects. If you create the conditions we created, you will get exactly what we got tonight.
France was the country of the Enlightenment, of cathedrals and town halls that stood for centuries. Tonight, one of them collapsed live on social media while the government called for calm.
My dear American friends, the only advantage you have over us is that you've been warned.
Vote like your city hall depends on it. Because one day, it will.
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Remember this when you vote in November. Its time for a change in leadership in OR from the top down.
Supermajority rule and one party control of ALL 3 branches of OR government for far too long have gotten us here.
Give this a read… 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
(Posted by Nicole Riehl on Facebook).
Oregon has a REALLY big employer that I don’t think we talk about enough:
Oregon state government.
In 2019, Oregon state government employed about 40,900 people.
By 2025? 49,300.
That’s roughly 8,400 additional state-government jobs — a 20% increase in just six years.
And here’s what really caught my attention: while Oregon’s state-government workforce grew substantially over that period, Oregon’s private sector LOST 22,700 jobs in 2025 alone.
Why does this matter?
Because families and businesses are constantly being told that costs have gone up and government needs more revenue.
Well… costs have gone up for ALL of us.
When a business can’t afford its expenses, we don’t get to automatically charge our customers more. We cut expenses. We prioritize. We become more efficient. We reconsider hiring. We figure it out.
So before Oregon asks its families and businesses for another dollar, I think it’s completely reasonable to ask:
Has the state seriously looked at the size, cost and efficiency of its own government first?
I’m not talking about eliminating essential services or the people actually doing the work.
I’m talking about accountability.
Because “we need more money” shouldn’t always be the first answer.
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@papamurphys you just lost a loyal customer tonight over a $9 difference. I tried for 15min to order on my app, just like I have many times before. For some reason, my credit card was missing. I re-entered it and hit continue multiple times but it would not take it. It also would not give me the option to pay in store. The CC is good I was at the grocery store using the same CC. So I gave up and called the store. When I arrived they charged me $9 more because I called it in.... the app wasn't working. The manager had every opportunity to make it right but she chose to lose a customer. $39 vs $30 is a major difference. Bad move
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Would be interesting to know why there is a gap of ~$6k between the rate of inflation growth and the actual...could it be wants vs needs? How long till government out paces the ability of the private sector to pay for those wants? Its time for a change in the way we do things.
If Oregon's all-funds budget had simply grown at the rate of inflation, it would now be roughly $9,100 per capita. Instead, it's more than $15,000. The case for higher taxes is far weaker than the case for responsible spending.
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I have been saying for years that at least one of our universities @OregonState has forgotten that it is our land grant university and needs to get back to core mission. Why is it that they keep adding _____in the blank studies degrees with no job prospects but constantly cut ag and natural resource programs....its because they are following the lead of one sided State government officials who also hate the natural resource sector of our state economy.
Under financial strain, Oregon colleges push back on talk of campus mergers oregonlive.com/education/202…
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I keep hearing the supermajority in Salem and @TinaKotek say they represent "Oregon values". Yet...today the Senate will introduce SB1599 to pull up the gas tax ballot measure from the Nov. ballot to the May ballot. Why? 250k voters, in 30 days, 8% of voters, said they wanted to vote on it in Nov.
I say, "Oregon Values is listening to Oregon Voters".
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In 1987, Oregon became the first sanctuary state in the Nation. The bipartisan intent was clear: Give everyone in the state access to law enforcement and legal protections if a criminal act was committed against them, without the fear of deportation.
Today, the definition of a sanctuary state appears to be providing protection for people here illegally, who are committing crimes and violating the law, ahead of victims, law enforcement, and the rule of law.
Where and when did Oregon go from supporting the victims of crime to supporting the criminals?
Thank you to Oregon’s law enforcement officers for their commitment to service, accountability, and public safety.
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The Gov. may have called for a repeal, but what about the 36 Dem. members of the House and the 18 Dem. members of the Senate who did her dirty work and pushed the bill through on party lines, ignoring Oregon voters and the voice is the minority?
Now instead of letting voters decide in Nov 2026, she’s begging lawmakers to repeal her signature bill to save face and attempt to protect her supermajority stronghold in the House and Senate in the next election.
Bottom line: she doesn’t want this failure next to her name on the general election ballot, or the 36 House and 12+Senate Democrat seats up for re-election who voted for it.
Repealing the ENTIRE bill goes way beyond the tax sections that were referred to the voters. It wipes out bipartisan trucking reforms, weight-mile parity fixes, and tolling language updates. ALL areas with bi-partisan support.
Not to mention it would also wipe out the important accountability measures for ODOT.
This isn’t leadership—it’s election season posturing.
200k+ Oregonians signed the repeal because they opposed this bill and the tax hike. They want to vote and they should get that opportunity.
Kotek calls for repeal of $4.3B transportation bill she championed statesmanjournal.com/story/n…
Merry Christmas from House District 23! I’m so grateful for the families, small businesses, and community members who make our district such a special place to call home. Wishing you a season filled with peace, joy, and time with the people you love.
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I have said this many times in the House Labor & "NOT" Business Committee, Gov. employment canNOT outpace that of the private sector.
Private companies and their employees pay the bills for the State. So when State policies runs companies out and can't attract any new ones. there's 100% a state of emergency. We need better. We need new leadership.
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Nope, downtown PDX is totally business friendly and on the road to "recovery" post-pandemic. Which by the way, was nearly half a decade ago.
When does that excuse run its course and the real reasons come out? @TinaKotek and over 13+ years of her failed leadership.
Nordstrom Rack will close downtown Portland store, lay off workers oregonlive.com/business/2025…
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Veterans Day is a time to reflect on the sacrifices that everyday people make to protect not only those they love, but also complete strangers, and to defend the freedoms that we sometimes take for granted. Living in the United States, we enjoy some of the most protected freedoms in the world.
To the veterans in HD 23 and beyond who may be reading this: Thank you for your service. It is people like you who have allowed America to remain the Land of the Free for nearly 250 years.
I want to give a special shout-out to my father, Gary Remington (Dallas), and his brothers, Allen Remington (Dallas) and Gail Remington (Albany), all who served in the Navy. Thank you for your service and for setting an example for our family about what it means to serve your country with pride and honor.
To the many service men and women across HD 23 and Oregon, your unwavering commitment to freedom is a testament that current and future generations should look up to and honor. I thank you.
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Why was there no ceremonial bill signing surrounded by all the supermajority members that pushed it through the House and the Senate? Common practice for so many other bills. Why no media coverage on Friday, Saturday or Sunday? I got a press release at 9:30am today? – at San Antonio, TX
Gov. Tina Kotek signs controversial transportation funding plan as deadline approaches oregonlive.com/politics/2025…
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Time to let Oregon voters have their vote on the transportation package. Find a petition and sign to get it on the Nov. 2026 ballot. – at SeaTac, WA
The referendum is OFFICIALLY filed with the Secretary of State—IT’S GO-TIME, Oregon!
Join the fight at NoTaxOr.com and stay tuned for updates. Let’s crush this tax hike together!
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Millions of $ in remodel to PDX airport yet there is still virtually no place to sit at the gate and charge your phone. One of the worst airports for charging convenience. Maybe @flypdx will add that to phase TBD of the remodel. – at Portland, OR
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First the session drug on for a month waiting for 1 vote to push the bill through on a party lines vote. Now the same party sits on the bill. OR is NOT a 1 party state. There are 3M voters. 24% R, 36% NAV & 32% D. why are 60+% of OR voters being dictated to? – at Sheridan, OR
She'll delay as long as she can. @TinaKotek doesn't have many tools to mute the voices of the people of Oregon, and she knows it.
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