Category: Press Releases

Merkley, Brown Applaud SEC for Moving Towards Finalizing Conflicts of Interest Rule for Asset-Backed Securities

January 26, 2023

Washington D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Banking and Housing Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for reintroducing proposed rulemaking to address conflicts of interests in the securitization market. “Conflicts of interest in the securitization market contributed to the 2008 economic

Oregon Lawmakers Announce More Than $3 Million in New Rental Assistance Funding

January 24, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon lawmakers announced that the U.S. Treasury is awarding new rental assistance funding to both the State of Oregon and City of Portland. Oregon Housing and Community Services will receive $2,034,948.16 and the City of Portland will receive $1,107,256.77. The funding comes in the wake of Governor

Wyden, Merkley: Cascades East to Receive Additional Physician Residency Slots to Expand Health Care Workforce in Southern Oregon

January 23, 2023

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program, a partnership between Oregon Health & Science University and Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, will receive additional physician resident training slots in July, a crucial step in expanding the Southern

Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $40 Million in New Funding to Address the Wildfire Crisis in Oregon

January 20, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing over $40 million in new funding in Fiscal Year 2023 for key high-risk landscapes in Oregon—including $4,500,000 for the Mount Hood National Forest, $35,400,000 for the Klamath River Basin,

Merkley, McGovern, Kaine Seek Extension from the Biden Administration to Protect Vulnerable Hong Kong Residents in America from Deportation

January 19, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA-02) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), today sent a letter to the Biden Administration requesting a minimum 18-month extension to the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program to protect Hong Kong residents living in America from deportation. The

KAINE & MERKLEY STATEMENT ON NEED TO AVERT DEBT DEFAULT

January 19, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statement after the United States hit its debt limit—the technical limit on how much it can borrow to pay debt incurred over the past few decades—and began extraordinary measures: “Congress has an urgent responsibility

Merkley, Wyden Announce $450,000 Coming to Oregon for Arts and Local Cultural Organizations

January 17, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a total of $450,000 is coming to Oregon from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for Arts Projects and Challenge America grants in several communities in the state: Beaverton, Bend, Eugene, Portland, Salem, Springfield, and Warm Springs.

Wyden, Merkley Push to Include 12 Weeks of National Paid Family and Medical Leave in President Biden’s Budget

January 12, 2023

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined colleagues in urging the Biden administration to advance a national paid family and medical leave program in the FY2024 budget. “We thank President Biden for his commitment to expanding paid leave and urge that the administration’s FY24 budget request

Wyden, Merkley: Oregon Housing Authorities Receive more than $900,000 in Housing Vouchers for Oregonians with Disabilities

January 12, 2023

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that six Oregon counties will receive 80 vouchers from the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to fund permanent affordable housing assistance to Oregonians with extreme mental health concerns and disabilities.? “As the weather continues to be

Merkley, Hyde-Smith Announce the Establishment of the CDC Office of Rural Health

January 11, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) today announced the creation of the Office of Rural Health (ORH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After both Senators advocated for the formation of the office, language establishing the ORH was included in