Category: Press Releases

Wyden, Merkley, Shaheen, Schumer Lead Amicus Brief Supporting Oregon Attorney General Rayfield Challenging Trump Administration Abuse of Emergency Powers to Impose Tariffs

June 10, 2025

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today led their colleagues in filing an amicus brief in Oregon v. Department of Homeland Security, a key case led by Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield challenging the Trump Administration’s abuse of emergency powers to impose tariffs. The

Merkley, Wyden, 38 Senators Fight Trump’s Cuts to the Job Corps Program

June 9, 2025

In Oregon, Tongue Point, PIVOT, and Springdale Centers at Risk Washington, D.C. – As the Trump Administration attempts to shutter the nation’s largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and 38 Senate colleagues demanded U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Merkley, Wyden: Trump’s Budget Proposal to Eliminate U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Threatens Oregon Coastal Communities

June 6, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today sounded the alarm over the Trump Administration’s budget proposal to eliminate federal funding for the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and undermine Oregon’s coastal communities, Tribes, and maritime stakeholders that rely on this critical data and forecasts

Merkley, Balint Fight Back Against Trump’s Hateful Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies

June 5, 2025

During Pride Month, Lawmakers Defend Freedom & Rights for Queer, Trans Americans Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT) launched a new effort to push back against the Trump Administration’s assault on the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ Americans nationwide. The No Place for

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Seek Information on Republican Budget Bill’s Potential to Close Rural Hospitals

June 4, 2025

Washington D.C.— U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore. said today they have joined Senator Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in requesting important information about the impact of House Republicans’ budget bill’s dangerous proposed cuts to federal spending on health programs, rural hospitals

Merkley Statement on New CBO Analysis Showing Republican Plan Kicks 16 Million People Off Their Health Insurance

June 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the Republican plan will kick 16 million people off of their health insurance to fund tax breaks for billionaires. “This

CBO Analysis Shows House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Adds $2.4 Trillion to the 10-year Deficit

June 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the House-passed reconciliation bill would cost $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years. “Congressional Republicans will let nothing

Trump Tariffs Will Hurt Economic Growth, Boost Inflation, Raise Costs to Families, CBO Finds

June 4, 2025

Non-partisan Analysis Requested by Merkley, Schumer, and Wyden Finds Trump Tariffs Amount to a Regressive $2.5 Trillion Tax Hike WASHINGTON, D.C. – If the Trump tariffs remain in effect – in spite of a recent court ruling that they are illegal – they will slow economic growth, boost inflation, and

Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden, Merkley Seek Information on Republican Reconciliation Bill’s Potential to Close Rural Hospitals

June 4, 2025

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 4, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Budget Committee,

Merkley Pushes Back Against Trump Administration Order to Pollute Our Parks with Plastic Waste

June 3, 2025

Washington, D.C. – As the Trump Administration moves to recklessly reverse a federal policy protecting America’s national parks and public lands from single-use plastics, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today reintroduced his Reducing Waste in National Parks Act. This legislation would restore a previous federal directive, which Interior Secretary Doug Burgum recently revoked, to keep plastic waste

Category: Press Releases

Wyden, Merkley, Shaheen, Schumer Lead Amicus Brief Supporting Oregon Attorney General Rayfield Challenging Trump Administration Abuse of Emergency Powers to Impose Tariffs

Merkley, Wyden, 38 Senators Fight Trump’s Cuts to the Job Corps Program

Merkley, Wyden: Trump’s Budget Proposal to Eliminate U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Threatens Oregon Coastal Communities

Merkley, Balint Fight Back Against Trump’s Hateful Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Seek Information on Republican Budget Bill’s Potential to Close Rural Hospitals

Merkley Statement on New CBO Analysis Showing Republican Plan Kicks 16 Million People Off Their Health Insurance

CBO Analysis Shows House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Adds $2.4 Trillion to the 10-year Deficit

Trump Tariffs Will Hurt Economic Growth, Boost Inflation, Raise Costs to Families, CBO Finds

Markey, Leader Schumer, Wyden, Merkley Seek Information on Republican Reconciliation Bill’s Potential to Close Rural Hospitals

Merkley Pushes Back Against Trump Administration Order to Pollute Our Parks with Plastic Waste

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