WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced they will not attend the State of the Union speech on Tuesday, February 24 and will instead co-host a live on-line town hall that day with People's Town Hall (https://peoplestownhall.org/) to offer all Oregonians the opportunity to ask questions as well as share their ideas and viewpoints.
"Sitting through Donald Trump's unhinged ramblings about his unconstitutional schemes does nothing to help Oregonians justifiably concerned about his attacks on the economy and the law as well as his desperate diversions from the Epstein investigation," Wyden said. "Rather than hearing a so-called State of the Union from a s...