Protecting Consumers, Taxpayers, and the Economy

Jeff is fighting to fix our broken financial system and make it work for middle-class families and small businesses again. Jeff is passionate about consumer protection and making sure that ordinary families are protected against scams and predatory schemes that threaten their pocketbooks. He led the fight in Oregon to take on the predatory payday lenders. In the U.S. Senate, he’s fought to create and strengthen the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the first-ever federal agency with the sole mission of looking out for consumers in their everyday financial transactions.

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Reverse Damage from Trump Administration’s Egregious Cuts at VA

Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues in introducing comprehensive legislation that would protect veterans, military spouses and VA employees in Oregon and nationwide indiscriminately targeted in the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts at VA and across the federal government. “Veterans

IN REBUKE OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACKS ON VETERANS, SENATE DEMOCRATS MAKE DEFENDING VETERANS AND VA CARE A PRIORITY AT JOINT ADDRESS

Senate Democrats’ guests at tonight’s speech to include veterans indiscriminately fired as part of the Trump Administration’s mass terminations of federal government employees and the former VA Inspector General illegally fired by Trump  [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – In light of President Donald Trump’s mass termination of federal veteran employees and egregious

Warren, Raskin, Merkley, Schiff, Lawmakers Call on Elon Musk to Publicly Release Financial Disclosures After White House Claims Musk Will Self Police Conflicts of Interest

Musk Is Subject to Federal Ethics Laws as a “Special Government Employee” “Given the scale of your power to carry out sweeping administrative policies and your vast personal financial interests, the American people deserve to know how you stand to profit from your role in the Trump Administration.” Text of

OREGON DELEGATION ANNOUNCES $45 MILLION AWARD TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY-LED REGIONAL TECH HUB FOR MICROFLUIDICS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04), along with U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Rep. Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Rep. Janelle Bynum (OR-05) announced $45 million in funding to Oregon State University for the Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub (CorMic). These funds will be used to develop microfluidics technologies and help businesses commercialize their discoveries.   “Creating

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