June 03rd, 2025

After her hourlong Town Hall on Monday in Albany, Rep. Janelle Bynum stopped for a quick photo outside the Timber Ridge School gym before heading to Portland for a night flight back to Washington, D.C.

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Rep. Janelle Bynum: 'We're in a fight
​for the soul of our country'

It seemed only fitting that Rep. Janelle Bynum opened the second stop on her "Give 'Em Hell Tour" of the 5th Congressional District by leading the audience of more than 100 at Timber Ridge School in Albany in the same chant she led a few months ago at her Linn County Town Hall with Sen. Ron Wyden at LBCC.
  "Give 'em hell, Linn County!" Bynum implored.
  "Give 'em hell, Janelle!" the crowd roared.
  After two more rounds of chants, the congresswoman took a more serious tone at Monday's Town Hall.
  "We're in a fight for the soul of our country," she said, outlining what she's doing to fight policies of the Trump administration that attack "programs and services that we rely on — the very foundation of this country."
   "I’m fighting back," she said, "flying coast to coast. It’s 3,000 miles each way. I’m going twice a week and I’m standing up. So I’m bringing the fight from the streets and the roads and the fields of Oregon to the steps of Congress, to every committee room, every courtroom and every news room that I can.
   "That means when my Republican colleagues bring up their trash bill for a vote, I fight to change that bill and I speak out against it . When our president breaks the law or violates the constitution, I join forces with my colleagues to sue him and remind him that there are no kings here."
  

  She said the protests of Oregonians and people around the ​country are making a difference.
​    "As a result of your efforts, we forced the rehiring of federal ​
workers. We ​​kicked Elon Musk out of our government, We forced Trump to backtrack on threats to Social Security and Medicare."
​   "When Oregonians are angry I show up and listen. That’s why I’m barnstorming across this district to hear from all of you," she said. "Your voice fuels this fight. One of the most important things you can do is to tell me what’s on your mind."
   For the next 40 minutes, people did just that. To see Bynum's responses to the questions from the audience, click the link below.

Videos of Rep. Bynum's Town Hall Q&A