Salinas, Andrea

Andrea Salinas represents Oregon's Sixth Congressional District and serves as Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. In this minority leadership role, she directs Democratic opposition and priorities within the subcommittee, which oversees federal forest management, wildfire prevention, timber policy, and specialty crop agriculture. As ranking member, she shapes the committee's investigative agenda and legislative strategy on these critical issues affecting rural communities and natural resources.

Salinas brings substantial background relevant to her committee work. She is a first-generation American whose father immigrated from Mexico, and she earned a degree in psychology from UC Berkeley. Before entering Congress in 2023, she served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2017 to 2022, where she chaired the House Health Care Committee and served as House Majority Whip. Her professional experience includes work as a congressional aide to Senator Harry Reid and Congressman Pete Stark, as well as advocacy roles with labor unions, environmental groups, and reproductive rights organizations.

As Ranking Member of the Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Salinas has actively shaped Democratic priorities on agricultural and forest policy. During the 2026 Farm Bill markup, she delivered opening remarks highlighting concerns about specialty crop growers being left behind, calling for disaster relief for farmworkers, and advocating for organic producer support. She has also led colleagues in demanding accountability from the Forest Service on wildfire prevention and hazardous fuels reduction. Her legislative work reflects her district's agricultural economy, introducing bills on rural health facilities, soil conservation, timber innovation, and disaster relief for farmworkers.

Salinas maintains a broad legislative profile focused on health, agriculture, and rural development. She serves on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and co-chairs the Congressional Mental Health Caucus, having championed mental health funding and telehealth services in rural areas. She is also active on immigration and civil rights issues, introducing the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act. As one of the first two Hispanic women elected to Congress from Oregon, she brings diverse representation to her committee work and holds leadership positions within the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.