May 25, 2021

Wyden Will Hold Online Town Hall June 5 for Benton County

Virtual town hall on Saturday, June 5 begins at 1 pm

Portland – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today announced he will have a live on-line town hall hosted by People’s Town Hall for residents of Benton County beginning at 1 pm on Saturday, June 5.

Wyden has held 970 in-person town halls statewide in fulfillment of his pledge to hold at least one town hall each year in each of Oregon’s 36 counties. Wyden has postponed in-person town halls until there are clear-cut public health guidelines that a large open-to-all public meeting poses no unusual health risk for Oregonians. After the pandemic in March 2020 required Wyden’s town halls to go virtual, he has continued to hold regional and county virtual town halls.

“I’m looking forward to throwing open the digital doors of democracy on June 5 to anybody in Benton County who wants to ask a question, or share a viewpoint,” Wyden said. “The ‘Oregon Way’ is all about these conversations statewide and I very much appreciate People’s Town Hall for helping these discussions to continue online while precautions require a temporary hold on in-person town halls.”

The link to watch this virtual Benton County town hall is here. The link for Benton County residents who want to submit questions for Senator Wyden is here.

 "Town halls are essential to our democracy,” said Nathan Williams of People's Town Hall, a virtual town hall series from the founders of Town Hall Project. “But during this global pandemic, we strongly encourage all lawmakers adhere to current health guidelines -- including holding town halls virtually as long as necessary for public safety."

“People's Town Hall invites all of Senator Wyden's constituents to this town hall -- all parties welcome, no issue off limits.” Williams said. “We expect another substantive, vigorous discussion of the issues that matter most to Oregonians."