Visit to Bend wraps up busy two-day, four-county swing around the Second District

July 20, 2007 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) will arrive in Central Oregon from Harney County on Saturday evening to attend the annual Sagebrush Classic fundraiser. The 2006 Sagebrush Classic hosted 1,300 guests and helped raise $250,000 for 19 nonprofit organizations serving children and families in Deschutes County and Central Oregon.
 
Congressman Walden completed his 307th round trip between the Second District and Washington, D.C. when he returned to Oregon this morning. Over the weekend he will visit four counties — Jackson, Klamath, Harney and Deschutes — before returning to Washington D.C. Monday morning.
 
Congressman Greg Walden represents the Oregon’s Second Congressional District, which is comprised of 20 counties in eastern, Central, and southern Oregon. He is co-chair of the House Rural Health Care Coalition.