"I'm working with Chairman Comer and his ongoing investigation rather than just demanding files be released that might compromise ongoing investigations... I think it's much more important to work with Chairman Comer than it is to sign onto a bill that might very well compromise ongoing investigations."

"It's got a great name. We call it the Big Beautiful Bill because, frankly, it is... This bill is specifically designed to help working families... It's designed to help people who are working and it's designed to help them substantially."

"I haven't paid a huge amount of attention to the bill because I've been focused here in DC on issues... The gas tax is going to go up and many of the fees that surround the gas tax are going to go up... people are going to be unhappy that this bill increases their costs"

"This gives me an opportunity to speak without some of the challenges that go with live town hall meetings, one of which is a concern about intimidation and personal safety. In the past, I've generally had between five police officers present, and I think up on the ground we had 12 or 15."

"The discharge petition that Massey has suggested, which I do not support, is not crafted properly to protect the innocent... when Massey was drafting this petition, he should have exercised far more care"

"We had been working with the Biden administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, to try to harass the wolf. And then the administration's changed... the U.S. Fish, under the Trump administration, stepped up, called me and said, hey, we're going to kill the wolf."

"Rep. Cliff Bentz says President Donald Trump is justified in his push to send federal troops to protect Portland's ICE building... 'The president had little choice when it came to calling up the National Guard because local law enforcement is incapable of protecting the people'"

"Bentz seems more interested in discussing the wisdom of sending the National Guard to Portland than he is about the Trump administration's Oct. 1 decision to rescind hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved federal funds for energy projects in his rural district"

"By trafficking in the idea that Portland's share of national unrest during the pandemic made the city of 635,000 war-ravaged, Bentz gives the impression that scoring cheap political points is easier than defending his constituents' interests."

"My biggest fear was that I was going to give birth on the highway driving to the hospital... That fear ultimately came to pass. She and her husband only made it 20 minutes into the drive before she felt her water break. Ten minutes after that, her husband still barreling down the highway, she had a daughter in her arms. But Banister's newborn did not make any sounds — she had fluid in her lungs."

"Saint Alphonsus Medical Center shuttered its labor and delivery unit in August 2023... They could not go to the hospital just 15 minutes away... hoping to make the hour-long journey to a hospital before she delivered their daughter."

"The Republican-led law is expected to slash Medicaid programs nationwide, including more than $11 billion from the Oregon Health Plan through 2031... With roughly half of all Oregon births covered by Medicaid, hospital administrators say it is likely that more hospitals may follow Baker City's lead."

Bentz sits on the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Health subcommittee - the very committee responsible for addressing rural healthcare crises. Yet rural mothers in his district give birth on highways.

"Bentz's staffers spent six times the average amount their peers in House offices spent over the weekend on all travel expenses — more than $20,000 — and nearly four times the average amount House members or their staff spent when accounting for lodging alone — more than $16,000."

"The four staffers billed for nearly $16,300 worth of lodging for three nights, between Jan. 19 and Jan. 22 — more than three times as much as the average expensed by the other representatives."

"In the months that followed the inauguration, Bentz was outspoken about reining in government spending... 'I think everybody has to step up... I'm doing the constitutional hard work of trying to figure out how to shrink our budget down to a point that is somehow sustainable.'"

"Oregon's Democratic U.S. Reps. Andrea Salinas, Val Hoyle and Janelle Bynum, who attended the inauguration, spent on travel $264, $311 and $755, respectively, from their offices' Congressionally allocated budgets during that time."

"Reporting from the Malheur Enterprise in May identified a number of big-ticket spending items from Bentz and his staff, including [chief of staff] staying in $700-per-night hotels while on business."