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COVID-19 data for Tuesday, June 8:
Deschutes County cases: 9,785 (8 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 80 (1 new death)
Crook County cases: 1,241 (4 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 22 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,341 (3 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 38 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 203,671 (307 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,670 (6 new deaths)
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St. Charles Bend on Tuesday: 22 (4 in ICU)
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(July 16)
60
50
40
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(Oct. 31)
16 new cases
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(Sept. 19)
20
10
(March 11)
March 2020
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(May 25)
(May 20)
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OREGON HOUSE | Lawmakers face sanctions
Panel to probe Nearman’s
role in state Capitol breach
Majority Leader Barbara Smith
Warner, D-Portland, took
A special committee of the
place Tuesday.
Oregon House is now empow-
Kotek, a Democrat from
ered to carry out its investi-
Portland, also introduced a
gation of Rep. Mike
resolution that would
Nearman in aiding
expel Nearman on
anti-lockdown pro-
grounds of “disruptive
testers to breach the
behavior” under the
closed Capitol during
Oregon Constitution.
a Dec. 21 special ses-
A two-thirds majority,
sion — and consider a
40 members, of the
recommendation for
full House is required
his expulsion from the Nearman
for expulsion, which
House.
has never happened
The House voted 43-16, with in Oregon’s 162 years of state-
Nearman the only member
hood.
excused, to give authority to
A recommendation by the
the special committee named
special committee would put
by House Speaker Tina Kotek.
the resolution directly to a vote
The action was required be-
of the House. The committee
cause most committees have
had not yet scheduled a meet-
been deactivated as the 2021
ing.
Legislature nears its scheduled
All 37 Democrats were
June 27 adjournment.
joined by six Republicans on
The vote on the motion by
the vote .
BY PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
Kotek, Smith Warner and
nine representatives of color —
all Democrats — already had
urged Nearman to resign.
Twenty-two Republicans, in
a letter released Monday, also
called on Nearman to resign.
They did so after the disclosure
last weekend of video footage,
during which he gives out his
cellphone number to would-be
protesters days before the
planned special session and
says “someone” might enable
them to enter the Capitol from
a specific door if a text message
is sent.
Nearman, 57, is a retired
software engineer who lives
outside Independence.
Criminal charges
Nearman is already under
indictment in Marion County
Circuit Court on one count of
first-degree official misconduct
Security video obtained by The Oregonian
Security video shows state Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, open
two doors to the Capitol during a Dec. 21 special legislative session,
allowing violent demonstrators who were protesting immediately out-
side the door to illegally enter the building.
and one count of second-de-
gree criminal trespass in con-
nection with his opening a
door and allowing anti-lock-
down protesters to enter the
Capitol.
Both are misdemeanor
charges, maximum penalties
for which are one year in jail
and a fine of $6,250. Misde-
meanor convictions, unlike
felonies, do not result in auto-
matic expulsion from the Leg-
islature.
The criminal proceeding is
separate from the House’s own
disciplinary process.
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Speaker removes Witt from committees after deadlock
Removal was related to text messages sent
to Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson of Prineville
BY PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
State Rep. Brad Witt has
been removed from three Or-
egon House committees on
which he had common mem-
bership with state Rep. Vikki
Breese Iverson after she filed a
complaint about text messages
between them.
House Speaker Tina Kotek,
D-Portland, announced the ac-
tion Monday after the House
Committee on Conduct dead-
locked on proposed disci-
plinary actions against Witt.
The committee, split between
two Democrats and two Re-
publicans, concluded last week
that Witt violated a legislative
rule against creating a hostile
work environment with the
text messages.
Under House rules, the
speaker has the authority to
name, remove and reassign
members and leaders of most
committees.
Witt, 68, is a nine-term
Democrat from Clatskanie
who represents parts of Clat-
sop, Columbia and Washing-
ton counties that are within
District 31. Breese Iverson,
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the second page of Sports.
46, was initially ap-
pointed in 2019 to
the District 55 seat
vacated by Mike Mc-
Lane, who became a
circuit judge. She was
elected to a full term
Witt
in 2020. She owns a
real estate business in
Prineville. District 55 covers
Crook County, plus parts of
Deschutes, Jackson, Klamath
and Lake counties.
Witt already had yielded his
leadership of the House Agri-
culture and Natural Resources
Committee after Breese Iver-
son filed her complaint. Rep.
Zach Hudson, a first-term
Democrat from Troutdale,
now leads the committee.
A pedestrian was hit by a ve-
hicle and killed Monday night
in Bend.
Police have not released
much information about the
fatal incident, which took place
around 11:22 p.m. near NE
Third Street and Mervin Sam-
ples Road.
More will released later,
Bend Police said in a statement.
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Kotek removed
Witt from that com-
mittee, plus the
Business and Labor
Committee and the
Water Committee.
She appointed him
to the Economic Re-
covery and Prosper-
ity Committee and the Gen-
eral Government Committee;
Breese Iverson sits on neither
panel.
As a practical matter, with
the 2021 Legislature scheduled
to end its session on June 27,
most committees are no lon-
ger hearing bills or acting on
them.
pwong@pamplinmedia.com