On Friday, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley cheered an announcement by the Biden administration that $25.5 billion from the Provider Relief Fund will be distributed to health care providers in Oregon and across the nation amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases. Wyden said, “The delta variant has
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released a statement in remembrance of the Americans who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, 20 years ago. Bottom of FormIn the statement, Merkley said, “Twenty years ago, we lost nearly 3,000 civilians, civilian federal workers, and selfless first
Although recreational or medical sales of cannabis are legal in more than 30 states, pot entrepreneurs are hamstrung by banking restrictions that force them to operate as cash-only businesses and leave them vulnerable to organized crime, reports Forbes.com. “We can’t keep forcing legal cannabis businesses to operate entirely in cash –
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley continues to work to make housing more affordable, saying the federal government needs to act to end a growing national problem. During a meeting with officials from Portland State University, Merkley touted the Affordable Home Act, legislation he presented in the Senate. “Like all of you,
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are working alongside colleagues from western states to urge the Senate Committee chairs tasked with drafting the upcoming budget reconciliation legislation to include funding for wildfire and drought prevention, mitigation, and relief measures in their respective sections of the bill. The senators
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is leading an effort to push the Biden administration to take steps to curb plastic pollution at America’s national parks. A letter from Merkley and 11 other senators to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said that nearly 11 million metric tons of plastic
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon senators and representatives are asking U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate “extremist groups” following violent clashes between protesters last month in Portland. Right- and left-wing groups gathered across the city on Aug. 22. Video taken near SW 2nd Avenue and SW Yamhill Street on that
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden said ending the military mission in Afghanistan was the best way to protect the lives of the troops on the ground and that securing flights for the civilians remaining in who want to leave the country was very important. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley released a
WASHINGTON – Now that U.S. troops have left Afghanistan, remaining Americans who want to leave and the scores of Afghanis at risk because they helped the U.S. mission will have to rely on diplomatic pressure – not American military might – to ensure their safe exit. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged the Biden administration, with the backing
Aug. 29-U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley continues to work to make housing more affordable, saying the federal government needs to act to end a growing national problem. During a meeting with officials from Portland State University, Merkley touted the Affordable Home Act, legislation he presented in the Senate. “Like all of
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