Congresswoman Janelle Bynum is a working mom of four, businesswoman, and former State Legislator who is working to elevate the needs and voices of Oregon’s Fifth. She knows that our voices aren’t being heard in Washington and she sees Congress playing political games with our livelihoods – that’s why she’s working to fix what’s broken and deliver practical solutions to the issues impacting our communities. 

As the daughter of teachers, and as a woman of faith, Janelle learned the importance of working to strengthen her community at a young age. Before being elected to Congress, Janelle served for eight years in the Oregon House of Representatives, where she chaired the Committee on Small Business and Economic Development. During her tenure, she was known as a legislator who delivered strong bipartisan results, spearheading efforts to add $43 billion and over 6,000 jobs to Oregon’s economy, invest in education, and increase access to the ballot box. As she did in the State House, in Congress she is fighting to create good paying jobs, strengthen public education, address the wildfire crisis, and lower the cost of healthcare, prescription drugs, and housing for working families like hers. 

Janelle earned her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida A&M University, and her MBA from the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan. She and her husband Mark are parents to four children and reside in Happy Valley. Janelle is a devoted sports mom and lifelong lover of all sports, the arts, and good barbecue. 

Republican Congressman Troy Downing is currently serving his first term as the United States Representative for Montana’s Second Congressional District.  

A proud Montanan, Congressman Downing began his career as an educator, spending time at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences as a research scientist and teacher in NYU’s IT department before leaving higher education to found a technology startup company that would later merge with Yahoo! Inc. Following this successful venture, Downing’s passion for entrepreneurship saw him helping other startups through mentorship and angel financing.  

When America faced its darkest hour following the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001, Congressman Downing rushed to enlist. He joined the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, ultimately serving eight years with a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) squadron including two tours of duty to Afghanistan. While there, Downing ventured beyond the wire numerous times to rescue wounded soldiers on the battlefield. If he wasn’t forward deployed or on alert, Congressman Downing could be found volunteering in the U.S. military hospital in Kandahar or on outreach missions in-country. The CSAR motto, “these things we do, that others may live,” guided Congressman Downing in combat. He brings the same service-first mentality to the halls of Congress and is still actively engaged with multiple Montana-based veterans’ organizations.  

Following his military service, Congressman Downing would return to the private sector where he founded, among various other ventures and small businesses, a nationwide insurance company in addition to a commercial real estate firm.   

Most recently, Congressman Downing served as Montana State Auditor where he was tasked with oversight of Montana’s insurance and securities industries. Downing leveraged his experience in the private sector to engage with complex insurance and securities regulation, working to defend state residents from fraud, lower costs for families, and promote economic development. Under Congressman Downing’s leadership, industry thrived, rates stayed low, and consumers were protected, all to the benefit of everyday Montanans.  

As one of five statewide elected posts, the Montana State Auditor serves an additional role as a member of the Board of Land Commissioners, a responsibility that saw Congressman Downing work to increase access to public lands and promote natural resources development. Guided by the principles of multiple use and sustained yield, Downing voted to approve timber sales, oil and gas leases, and agricultural projects in an effort to do right by Montana’s farmers, grow the state’s economy, and unleash American energy.  

Congressman Downing is one of the newest members of the House Financial Services Committee and House Committee on Small Business. Downing’s extensive business and regulatory experience will prove invaluable as he looks to help House Republicans expand access to capital for rural small businesses, create clear rules of the road for digital assets, support and strengthen Montana community banks, bring back American energy dominance, secure the border, and hold China accountable.  

He resides in Helena, Montana with his wife, Heather. They have four grown children. 

Lisa Murkowski is serving as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. She has been a member of the Committee since first joining the Senate in 2003 and previously served as Vice Chairman from 2007 to 2009 and 2021 to 2025. During that tenure as Vice Chairman, she was able to secure the first reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act in over a decade, as well as shepherd the Tribal Law and Order Act through the Senate. 

Senator Murkowski is respected among members of Congress on matters pertaining to Alaska Natives, American Indians, and Native Hawaiian people. The Senator has long been a champion of policy and funding that build upon priorities that promote and sustain tribal self-determination and self-governance. She has earned the National Congress of American Indians’ coveted Congressional Leadership Award and the National Indian Health Board’s Jake White Crow Award for Lifetime Achievement. She is a founding director of the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute and has been selected on multiple occasions by the National Congress of American Indians to deliver the congressional response to the annual State of Indian Nations address. 

In addition to being Vice Chairman of the Committee, Murkowski is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and currently serves as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, which funds the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service. She is also a member, and former Chairman and Ranking Member, of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, where she has been able to improve implementation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Senator is the first Alaskan to serve on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, where she advocates for education, public health, and native language preservation. 

Senator Murkowski was adopted into the Tlingit tribe by the Deisheetaan clan and given the name –Aan shaawátk’I – meaning “Lady of the Land.” A third generation Alaskan and the first Alaskan born senator, Murkowski was born in Ketchikan and raised in towns across the state, including Wrangell, Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage. She and her husband have two grown sons. 

Brian Schatz is Hawai‘i’s senior United States Senator. As Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Schatz is committed to advancing Native priorities and honoring the federal trust responsibility to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. He has been a member of the Committee since 2013 and served as Chairman from 2021-2025. Senator Schatz also serves as Chief Deputy Whip and Deputy Conference Secretary on the Senate Democratic Caucus’s leadership team. 

In addition to the Indian Affairs Committee, Senator Schatz serves on the Appropriations Committee; the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; the Foreign Relations Committee; and the Select Committee on Ethics.  

Senator Schatz was Hawai‘i’s Lieutenant Governor and served for eight years in the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives prior to joining the Senate in 2012.