Why did Oregon State Senator Chris Gorsek and Brian Wilson's doctor's name come up on September 15th in Senator Wagner's Chief of Staff's Office? Are the Republican State Senators going to Deny Quorum and Finally have a Win, a win like the Democrats did in 2001?

Strolling through mainly empty legislative offices, and waiting politely at the door of Senator Wagner's office, Truth in the Pacific Northwest heard a phone call from a man, who perhaps was Senator Gorsek's doctor or someone focused on the topic of Gorsek's health; talking to Wagner's Chief of Staff. The man was getting calls from Oregon Democrat State Senators upset about being called to change their vacation plans, wanting to know if Gorsek would actually be showing up or not. 

Brian Wilson's doctor came up in the conversation with a comment about the optics including the phrase of "...being wheeled in with an oxygen tank and an IV drip...". Senators wanted to know if it was "...going to finally be done...". 

The man commented on the public's anger about legislative officials getting paid and not working. The conversation fragments included "...need to know...about transport by 3 pm." 

 The tone of the conversation was as though "elected" Democrat senators were just unelected government employees being ordered around by a boss. 

Mention was made of a bomb threat that three senators received including Wagner. One person made all three calls. It was checked into as not a threat. 

The conversation included that there will be many police at the Capitol on September 17th, a Wednesday. The Session is to start at 10 am. 

No word can be found regarding Senator Gorsek's health on the internet, other than Governor Tina Kotek reporting she was "cautiously optimistic", but included the phrase, "But you know life can intervene." 

 

Truth in the Pacific Northwest, Editor has been asking for three weeks if the Republican state senators are going to deny quorum and have a BIG win for once and for all; and change the dynamic of what happened in 2001 when the Democrats denied Quorum and won BIG? 

With that Democrat win when they denied Quorum, the Democrats got to change the redistricting map which was the start of Democrat wins in Oregon.  

At the time of finishing this report no Republican State Senator has answered the question.

Will the Republicans deny quorum on September 17, 2025 and not allow the vote to be taken, thus saving Oregonian tax payers $5 Billion. 

Where is the transparency of the Oregon Republican Party?

 

 

All State Senate offices were visited with the written question, were the senators going to deny quorum. 

The Legislative offices, some of them are looking more like a homeless environment. It feels like a typical unelected bureaucratic government agency, thus not a thought from Senator Wagner's Chief of Staff and the Democrat Senate's Office Director of Communication about citizens' rights, or a need to visit the offices in person. The line was constituents can talk to them at Town Hall type meetings.

 

Both offices never a thought to tally up the phone calls from citizens about the $5 billion tax bill to be voted on September 17, 2025. Legislative Session to start at 10 am.

Both Democratic and Republican Caucuses will be meeting before then. 

 The House Republicans tallied up the comments and photographed the stack of "oppose" compared to "support". Over 6000 comments were opposed to the $5 billion tax bill to be voted on now by the state senate on September 17th, 2025.

 

It was reported there were some Republican holdouts who would not agree to deny quorum.

No luck so far in finding out who those holdouts are.

Truth in the Pacific Northwest contacted every single Oregon State Republican Senator, and so far, no one has coughed up the names of the holdouts. 

 

September 16, 2025 

Salem, Oregon Capitol Building, Before the BIG vote on the 17th, mostly deserted Legislative offices were seen. The Democrat State Senate did not tally up what the citizens of Oregon thought about their $5 Billion Tax Bill. That Thought never entered their Minds.

In the Republican State House members tallied over 6000 comments against the tax bill, now set to be voted on by the State Senate on September 17, 2025. The session set to begin at 10 am.

Visiting on September 15th, to find out what the State Senators thought, the Capitol building was almost empty. Finding and talking to State Senator Wagner's Chief of Staff and the Senate Majority Office, director of Communication, Truth in the Pacific Northwest was advised no one tallied the citizens' input as to support or opposition to this $5 Billion Tax and Fee bill. It was a surprising question that no one thought of and no one expressed an interest in such a question even as they were presented with it.

The three floors of the state senate legislative offices were empty except for State Senator Noah Robinson's office, Senator Robert Wagner and the Senate Majority office now headed up by State Senator Kayse Jama. 

A worker not associated with the legislative offices described this empty of life floors as the new normal since COVID. Neither of the Democrat's administrative staff had a problem with staff "working" from home. Working on what? Not on tallying up the yea and nays from Oregonians about their $5 Billion bill.

 Not a hint of discomfort or realization that Oregonians, that the working class, small business, families with children do not want the unending taxes brought to them by the Democrat Party that used to be supporters of the working class. Neither did the administrative staff see any issue with no legislative aides on site. "Well, they have town halls in their districts," one said. No recognition of the importance of a constituent actually visiting the offices of their state representative and state senators.

 

 

 

 

Oregon State Senator Lisa Reynolds has a staff of seven and not one was on site to meet, greet and help constituents in her district.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Senator Khanh Phan had an interesting framed photo regarding Immigrants who are trans.GROK AI doing the statistics and math determined Oregon may have approximately 800 of such a population, the question must be asked with almost 500,000 Oregon families with children, why do the Democrats not care about those families. 

Why don't they care about those children? Why do they not see the tax burden they put on those families, the families with children?

What will happen on the 17th? Will the Republican State Senators deny quorum like the Democrats did in 2001?

September 16, 2025