Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley joins a group of eight senators who demand scrutiny of the IRS‘s decision to contract with the recently breeched Equifax. The IRS awarded a no-bid contract of $7.25 million dollars to verify taxpayer identities, and assist in preventing tax fraud. Equifax has been in the news
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s air and radiation office told a Senate committee Wednesday that questions still exist about whether human activities are significantly contributing to climate change, a false claim that has been made by countless other administration officials. At his confirmation hearing, William
Oregon and California’s four senators, all Democrats, stepped up the pressure on the Trump administration Wednesday to approve disaster assistance for salmon fishermen along 200 miles of coastline. In April, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages coastal salmon seasons, recommended closing coastal and commercial salmon fishing entirely along an area equal
Many Democratic leaders, including two from Oregon, implored Congress to take action Monday after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi addressed a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan, urging him to “create a Select Committee
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon was recently honored by the National Farmers Union with the Golden Triangle Award, recognizing the senator as a farm champion in Congress for his leadership and dedication to improving the livelihoods of family farmers and ranchers, according to a press release. “This has been
The Eagle Creek wildfire apparently started with a single act of youthful irresponsibility. But sparks from that devastatingly negligent deed landed in a cherished place of shared responsibility, and the rest of us must ask ourselves whether we’ve done everything we can to protect that particular treasure. The question extends
Western senators, led by Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, are launching a full-court press to get a fix for the nation’s wildfire funding system through Congress now, while the nation is still gasping from a record fire season and coping with disasters from Texas to Florida
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are calling for BNSF Raliway to halt the transportation of oil and other hazardous materials through the Columbia River Gorge and cite the Eagle Creek Fire as the reason. The Eagle Creek Fire, which erupted September 2, has
(CNN)Pleading for passage of his version of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Lindsey Graham is the one who, unintentionally, has telegraphed the lasting impact of the 2016 Democratic presidential contest.”It’s either this,” he said of the Graham-Cassidy bill in a radio interview with Breitbart News, or “we’re
Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following statement Monday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released their analysis of the latest Republican health care bill: Advertisement “Even though Republicans tried to rush the CBO so that they wouldn’t be able to give the full details on this diabolical proposal, the
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