and then the rug was pulled out when they said, we re not going that high. then we had to take it down. in the meantime, the clock did not stop ticking on the calendar. did i mix my metaphors or my time frames? so, when we see that october 31st is the date of expiration of the highway trust fund and we made this the target date for this to get done. we need certainty. let me read this to you from our colleague. today if the house does not pass the bill by october 31st, this is from peter de fazio, surface transportation programs once again must be extended. without an authorization in place, the federal highway administration, the federal motor carrier safety administration, the national highway traffic safety administration and the federal
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There was also the case of legislators behaving badlyâspecifically Democratic Reps. Diego Hernandez, who resigned rather than face expulsion after allegations that he created a hostile workplace at the Capitol by pressuring at least three of his employees to have a romantic relationship with him, and Brad Witt, a long-serving member from Clatskanie who has lost his committee leadership role after sending a series of texts that made a female Republican colleague deeply uncomfortable. (Hernandez was replaced by Rep. Andrea Valderrama, whose appointment marked the first time that women have held the majority of seats in the Oregon House of Representatives.)Â