If you are a House District 10 (Central Oregon Coast) resident experiencing issues with a state agency, Representative Cowan may be able to help you. Representative Cowan's staff specializes in working with constituents who have encountered problems with government agencies and will be happy to assist you.
While it isn't possible to set aside state laws, rules, and regulations for an individual, Representative Cowan and her staff can help Oregonians with misunderstandings, disagreements, and other problems they are having with state agencies. Although some cases can take longer to resolve than others, many requests for assistance can be resolved with a letter or phone call from Representative Cowan's office.
Representative Cowan's staff members with work state agencies. Some of the agencies we contact on a daily basis include:
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Consumer and Business Services
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Department of Revenue
In order to process requests in a timely matter, our staff will need your full name, address, daytime phone number, and pertinent case or file numbers. Copies of previous correspondence with an agency can also provide us helpful background.
Please send your requests for help to:
State Representative Jean Cowan
350 State Capitol
Salem, OR 97310or, if your letter and support material is less than six pages, by fax to 503-986-1561
A member of our staff will contact you as soon as we receive a response from the state agency. If you wish to follow up on your case after a reasonable amount of time has passed, please contact our State Capitol office at 503-986-1410.
Representative Cowan represents House District 10 on the Central Oregon Coast. To find out if you are a resident of House District 10, utilize the Oregon Legislature's website. In addition, residents have a State Senator who represents the district also.
When contacting Representative Cowan, it is important to let us know if you have already contact another Legislator. The chances of success do not necessarily increase if more than one legislator gets involved. In fact, it can be counter-productive. Responding to multiple inquiries duplicates the work for agencies, leaving them less time to actually work on processing your case.
There are limits to the types of cases in which Representative Cowan can help. For example, as a state official, Representative Cowan cannot intervene with federal agencies or on-going legal or judicial proceedings.
Representative Cowan also cannot intervene in private matters or local issues, such as zoning, property taxes, and road repair that are under the jurisdiction of the city or county in which you live. Please utilize the following suggested contacts to help resolve local or federal issues.
City Issues:
County Issues:
Federal Issues:
