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Legislative Information

 Bills That Became Law from 2011 Session:
 2011 Committee Appointments:
  • House Committee on Business and Labor, Co-Chair
  • House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Communities
  • House Judiciary Committee

2009 Committee Appointments:
  • House Committee on Business and Labor, Chair
  • House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Communities
  • Special Joint Committee on Transportation
  • House Committee on Transportation
  • Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development

2009-2010 Interim Committee Assignments
  • House Committee on Business and Labor, Chair
  • House Committee on Transportation

2007 Committee Appointments:
  • House Committee on Business and Labor, Chair
  • House Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Ocean Policy
  • House Committee on Veteran's Affairs, Vice-Chair

2005 Committee Appointments:
  • House Committee on Business, Labor and Consumer Affairs, Vice-Chair
  • House Budget Committee
  • House Subcommittee on Education and Natural Resources

2003 Committee Appointments:
  • House Committee on Business, Labor and Consumer Affairs
  • House Water Committee

2003-2004 Interim Committee Appointments:
  • House Interim Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • House Water Interim Subcommittee
  • House Interim Committee on Land Use Review
  • House Interim Committee on Government Operations Oversight

Task Forces & Work Groups
  • Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER), President
  • Governor's Task Force on Child Welfare & Racial Equality
  • Department of Human Services Sensitive Review Committee Relating to Termination of Parental Rights, Foster Care, and Adoption
  • Juvenile Work Group Trial Level
  • Department of Transportation Industry-Agency Apprenticeship Work Group
  • Department of Administrative Services 2009 House BIll 2867 Interim Study Work Group on Best Practices in Public Contracting
  • Department of Fish & Wildlife Goose Task Force

2010 Legislative Accomplishments

Creating Jobs
I worked to make Oregon an attractive place to open and grow small businesses - the backbone of our economy and the engine of our recovery. That's why I supported:
  • Working aggressively with state agencies and local governments so that our efforts to create jobs in health care, transportation and infrastructure, and affordable housing construction are moving forward quickly, efficiently, and putting people back to work.
  • Investing in local communities and create more jobs by allowing the State of Oregon to take advantage of Build America Bonds
  • Funding an ODOT project that will create the equivalent of 466 jobs per year for the 18-month duration of the project and 260 secondary jobs elsewhere in the Oregon economy. Funding a project at University of Oregon's East Campus that will sustain the equivalent of 126 construction jobs throughout the 22-month duration of the project, with peak on-site employment of approximately 300 workers.

Helping Struggling Families
I worked to make a real difference in the lives of everyday Oregonians, especially families who are struggling during these difficult economic times. That's why I supported:
  • Extending unemployment benefits for nearly 19,000 Oregonians whose benefits have run out or will soon expire - because too many Oregonians are unemployed and struggling to find jobs. Unemployment benefits will run out for 12,000 over the next few months, and about 1,000 unemployed workers will lose their benefits each additional week.
  • Providing tax relief for owners of low-value mobile homes by allowing counties with populations of over 340,000 to cancel the tax assessment on manufactured structures with assessed values of less than $15,000. This bill would affect Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, and Lane Counties.
  • Prohibiting insurers from discriminating against victims of sexual violence by treating that victimization as a preexisting condition - because one significant reason that sexual assault victims do not seek medical care is the fear that the insurer will use the victimization to deny coverage in the future.

Investing in the Future
I worked to invest in alternative energy technologies to make Oregon a center of the growing clean industry while creating high-skill, high-wage jobs. That's why I supported:
  • Providing growth potential for low-impact hydropower facilities. Smaller scale hydropower systems can be installed in small rivers or streams with little or no discernible environmental effects. Supporting this form of green energy will create important new jobs in Oregon communities.
  • Allowing facilities that generate electricity by using biomass to comply with Oregon's Renewable Portfolio Standard - because we can create jobs by taking advantage of new technologies and biomass from our forests.
  • Protecting clean energy job creation, improve the efficiency and contain rapidly expanding costs for the Business Energy Tax Credits (BETC). The measure recovers much of the cost increases of recent years and puts in place significant new standards related to job creation, accountability, and greater transparency.
  • Making sure public works involving construction or installation of solar energy systems pay the prevailing rate of wage - because we must make sure jobs in clean technology pay a good wage.

2009 Legislative Accomplishments

Oregon State Building & Construction Trades Council and NECA Oregon-Columbia Chapter and Oregon Pacific-Cascade Chapter 2009 Legislator of the Year Award
“Mike Schaufler is an unabashed and unapologetic champion for working Oregonians, period. We could fill multiple pages in this book if we attempted to itemize innumerable contributions Rep. Schaufler made to shepherd the trades agenda forward and to help improve it.
As Chairman of the House Business and Labor Committee, representative Schaufler impacted the fate of many bills and always sought input from the construction industry and Oregon’s skilled workforce. The Building Trades and working families across the state continue to be grateful for this all-star’s service to the people of Oregon.”
Oregon Building & Construction Trades 2009 Legislative Report

Oregon AFL-CIO 2009 Legislative Scorecard Gold Medal recipient
AFL-CIO 2009 Legislative Scorecard

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - Strong marks in health care and workers rights
2009 Legislative Accountability Report

"Tireless dedication to job creation for all Oregonians",  AOI 2009 Regular Legislative Session Business Report, page 8
2009 AOI Business Report

Oregon Education Association
2009 Legislative Report Card

Oregon Nurses Association 2009 Friend of Nursing
“This award is presented in recognition of your outstanding service to Oregon’s nursing professionals during the 2009 Oregon legislative session.”

Oregonian’s for Food & Shelter 2009 Session “No Bull Award”
 “Thanks for always saying what you mean and meaning what you say!”