Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that more than $7.8 million in federal grants will support efforts to treat and prevent opioid addiction. A release from the Senators said that addiction is one of the state’s most pressing issues as communities across the state face an
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on Wednesday decried the Trump Administration’s decision to fund a border wall by taking billions of dollars of funding from the Pentagon projects — including more than $10 million for Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls. Merkley is disgusted by the Trump Administration’s complete disregard not
Oregon’s senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, have condemned President Donald Trump’s administration after they announced Wednesday that the Pentagon would divert funding from military construction projects to finance a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Some of that funding had been approved by Congress to pay for
Today, The Trump Administration announced a decision to divert billions of dollars of funding from military construction projects across the country to be used on the border wall. Two projects at Kingsley Field totaling $10 million are on the chopping block. $2.5 million in fuel facility upgrades and an $8
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, pressed TriWest Healthcare Alliance Tuesday on its implementation of the new urgent care benefit under the VA MISSION Act following reports that veterans in rural Oregon and Idaho are unable to access the benefit.
WASHINGTON – As Labor Day approaches, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that he will be introducing new legislation to make sure workers get a fair share of the profits they create by taking on massive pay disparities between CEOs and workers. The Fair Share for Workers Act would raise the corporate tax rate
Oregonians in the marijuana business know all too well the problems that arise when the nation’s banking system is unavailable to an industry. So, too, does Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Portland, and his Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act is a step toward preventing those problems. The bill got a
Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley discussed new legislation he’s sponsoring to stop drug companies from charging American patients more than what people pay for pharmaceuticals in other countries. During a roundtable in Portland on Monday, Merkley and health care professionals and advocates discussed the hardships many seniors face when trying to
PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, says he’s working to lower the cost of prescription drugs and on Monday, he held a roundtable discussing how prices have affected Oregonians. Meals on Wheels hosted the meeting. Merkley was joined by medical professionals and people who say they can’t afford their
The Trump administration unveiled a new rule Wednesday that allows the government to detain children until they can be deported, stripping away current legal protections for youths and possibly leading to indefinite detention. The rule would gut the so-called Flores settlement, a 22-year-old federal court agreement that requires that children
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