Category: In the News

Merkley, colleagues push to support local media during COVID-19

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is joining with a bipartisan group of 74 senators in calling for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought to support radio and television broadcasters and local newspapers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release. In a letter to

OHSU to receive $6 million in COVID-19 aid

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have announced that OHSU will receive about $2.7 million in grants to help provide quality rural health care during the COVID-19 crisis. “Our state’s health care heroes caring for Oregonians need all possible federal resources to keep themselves and their patients safe

Merkley, Walden say reopening economy needs to be responsible

PORTLAND, Ore. — While the nation’s top infectious disease expert urged everyone Wednesday to pump the brakes on calls to reopen the economy, two Oregon lawmakers in Washington, D.C. expressed their concerns about reopening too soon. “And the one way not to reopen the economy is to have a rebound that

MERKLEY PART OF PUSH TO INCREASE FUNDS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is part of a bipartisan group making a push to increase funds for suicide prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic. A release from Merkley said lawmakers are asking Senate leadership to provide the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline with $80 million to support critical prevention activities amid a

Merkley: ‘More to do’ with PPE, testing in pandemic relief

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Like millions of other Americans, Sen. Jeff Merkley is working from his Oregon home office — with his laptop propped up on Miller paint cans in order to do Zoom interviews. “I have 2 health care workers here in my house, with my son and my wife, and

Jackson County receives $5 million to replace lost logging revenue

Jackson County received $5,021,210 this month to offset financial losses from reduced logging on federal land inside its borders, but the amount is far less than the $15,100,000 in shared timber revenue the county received in 1991 when logging was strong. In today’s dollars, that $15 million figure would be

Merkley, Brown demand boost of contact tracing, testing efforts

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are leading nine of their Senate colleagues in pushing the Trump administration to immediately craft, release, and implement a plan that includes robust testing for the coronavirus and expanded contact tracing, according to a new release.  Contract tracing is a

Oregon to receive $7.5 million FEMA reimbursement grant for COVID-19

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Monday, April 20, that Oregon will receive a $7.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as reimbursement for personal protective equipment bought in response to COVID-19. “Essential workers in Oregon are regularly risking their health during this public health crisis

LAWMAKERS SAY AGREEMENT REACHED ON FUNDING FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats and Republicans in Congress have reached a bipartisan agreement for a new coronavirus relief package, including funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that was exhausted last week. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and Representative Greg Walden announced the agreement on Tuesday afternoon. “This bill provides urgently

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