Category: Testimony

Listen to the full testimony here. The bill testimony begins at 1:20:30. Buckstein testimony…

Testimony to the House Education Committee on HB 3660 February 3, 2010 By…

Before the House Committee on Health Care in favor of making individually purchased…

Testimony before the House Committee on Health Care on February 4, 2010

My name is John Charles, and I am President of Cascade Policy Institute….

Regulatory Issues I.   The purpose of HB 3283 is not being met and the…

The Portland Streetcar System Concept Plan would have been considered cutting-edge in 1909….

Listen to Todd’s testimony on this audio file at 1:30:01-1:33:34 and response from…

Listen to John’s testimony at 1:47:05 through 1:57:35 on this audio file, which…

Senate Bill 34 gives TriMet authority to increase payroll taxes. Watch Representative Wingard’s…

Listen to this testimony at 2:55:51-3:09:05 on this audio file. My name is…

Listen to this testimony at 1:00:00-1:03:45 on this audio file. Mr. Chairman and…

Listen to the testimony at 0:30-6:21 on this audio file. Mr. Chairman, although…

Chair Metsger and members of the Committee, my name is Steve Buckstein. I’m…

Chair Hass and members of the committee, I am Kathryn Hickok from Cascade…

HB 3253 would create a tax credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles…

Background House Bill 3300 instructs the State Workforce Investment Board to develop a…

Background House Bill 3155 will require consumer-owned utilities (COU) to establish local conservation,…

April 15, 2009 Overview  Environmental trends over long periods of time matter more…

. April 15, 2009 As a member of the Oregon Road User Fee…

Click here to read the full report in PDF format Senate Bill 80…

Reject transferring billions of dollars from the private to the public sector March…

Testimony before the House Committee on Rules in favor of House Bill 2500…

Testimony for Senate Bill 80 Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee Todd Wynn…

Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee Senate Bill 76: Regarding the Removal of…

My name is John Charles, president and CEO of Cascade Policy Institute. Cascade…

President Bragdon and members of the council, for the record my name is…

Members of the Commission, my name is Steve Buckstein. I’m Senior Policy Analyst…

This testimony was in response to a proposed ordinance by Portland City Commissioner…

Good afternoon Chair Roblan and members of the Committee. My name is Steve…

Good afternoon Chair Holvey and members of the Committee. My name is Steve…

Summary Public policy advocates often find that spending extended periods at the Oregon…

Good afternoon Chair Barnhart and members of the Committee. My name is Steve…

Good afternoon Chair Beyer and members of the Committee. My name is Steve…

My name is Kathryn Hickok, and I am director of the Children’s Scholarship…

My name is Matt Wingard and I appreciate the opportunity to testify in…

Sally C. Pipes is President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute in San…

HB 3244 is similar to HB 3948, which was enacted during the 2001…

My name is John Charles, president of Cascade Policy Institute. Cascade is a…

The Cascade Policy Institute, a non-partisan free-market think tank, would like to present…

Before the Senate Finance and Revenue Committee on deleting the double majority voting…

Before the House Business and Labor Committee on certain exemptions from prevailing wage…

Before the Senate Business, Transportation and Workforce Development Committee on the establishment of…

Tobacco taxes present a moral hazard. By using this as a finance measure,…

Before the House Education Innovation Subcommittee in favor of removing restrictions on public…

Presented to a Joint Hearing of the House Committee on Health Care and…

The Portland Development Commission (the semi-independent economic development arm of the Portland City…

The Oregon House Select Committee on Education, chaired by Representative Linda Flores, is…