Just in time for the recent 50th annual Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty Days celebration, Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that ification of a fraudulent treaty with the tribes has finally passed the U.S. Senate. On June 28, the Senate passed the 1865 Treaty ification Act, which must now
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation this week to block immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations like schools, hospitals and religious institutions without prior approval and exigent circumstances. The Protecting Sensitive Locations Act codifies the Department of Homeland Security’s existing policies and expands them to ensure that immigrants
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump approved a Major Disaster Declaration for six Oregon counties, including Douglas, to supplement recovery efforts from the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides which took place between April 6th and 21st of this year. A release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency said that federal funding is
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie regarding the new Veterans Community Care Program on Wednesday. A release from the Senators said they asked him to “not repeat the same mistakes of the Veterans Choice Program”, when establishing the new
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), today introduced a bill that would end family separations, with some exceptions, and set minimum health and safety standards at U.S. Border Patrol stations where migrant children are being held. The “Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act” would prohibit separating families except in cases of human trafficking
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Reps. Joseph Morelle (D-NY-25) and John Katko(R-NY-24), introduced Wednesday the bipartisan, bicameral Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019, legislation to address summer learning inequality by keeping school libraries open at schools that already serve free summer meals. “Every student—no matter their color, income, or zip code—deserves an excellent
WASHINGTON – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday pressed Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to not repeat the same mistakes of the Veterans Choice Program when establishing the new Veterans Community Care Program. Congress passed the VA MISSION Act in 2018 to strengthen VA Community Care programming, after critical issues
WASHINGTON – (Update: Wyden also calls for Acosta’s resignation) Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign. Merkley’s call “follows new details about the serial sexual abuse of children by Jeffrey Epstein, a powerful financier with whom Acosta negotiated a lenient 2007 plea deal
BOARDMAN — Concern for children in America’s classrooms, homes and border security permeated discussion at a town hall with Sen. Jeff Merkley in Boardman on Saturday. The senator advocated for more education funding, more early childhood education opportunities and changes in the way the country handles minors crossing the southern
Senator Jeff Merkley slammed migrant detention centers for children on Sunday, pointing out that many are run by “for-profit” companies and that the U.S. was currently establishing “the largest child prison in American history” to deal with immigrant children. Merkley, a Democrat who represents Oregon, made the comments during an interview on
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