Congressman Kurt Schrader is currently serving his seventh term in the United States House of Representatives. He represents Oregon's 5th Congressional District, which includes all of Marion, Polk, Lincoln and Tillamook Counties as well as the bulk of Clackamas and small portions of Multnomah and Benton Counties. Before being elected to Congress, Schrader, a farmer and veterinarian for more than thirty years, established and managed the Clackamas County Veterinary Clinic in Oregon City and operated his farm where he grew and sold organic fruit and vegetables.
I always put Oregon first.
As your representative in Congress, I have worked tirelessly to secure real benefits on behalf of Oregonians throughout our district and our state. It is important that we always put Oregon first, whether it is through the benefits of national legislation or through grant funding aimed at creating local jobs to help put Oregonians back to work.
During my time in Congress, I have helped to secure NOAA’s Pacific Fleet for Newport, resolved geographic disparities in Medicaid reimbursement, completed casework for thousands of residents in the 5th district, acquired funding for the Polk County Readiness Center and Salem’s Mill Creek Employment Center and fought for the Woodburn Interchange Project, in addition to several others.