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VIDEO RELEASE: Merkley Pushes Biden Administration to Address Western Wildfires, Affordable Housing Crisis, Urgently Needed Water Infrastructure in American Jobs Plan

April 21, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the only member of the Oregon delegation to serve on a congressional Appropriations Committee since Senator Mark Hatfield—urged Biden administration officials during yesterday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to ensure that the American Jobs Plan will include a transformative investment in affordable housing across

Merkley, Foster Lead Effort to Help Ensure Consumers Wronged by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors Can Get Justice

April 15, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11) today to lead 12 lawmakers in the introduction of the Investor Choice Act—legislation to prohibit pre-dispute mandatory (or “forced”) arbitration agreements and ban prohibitions on class action lawsuits in customer contracts that investors often must

Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Let Every American Choose Medicare

April 15, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today to lead nine of their colleagues in introducing the Choose Medicare Act, legislation that would give every individual who is not already eligible for Medicaid or Medicare the opportunity

Merkley Supports President Biden’s Withdrawal of American Troops From Afghanistan

April 14, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today, following President Biden’s announcement that all American troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021: “I strongly support President Biden’s decision to work in concert with our

Wyden, Merkley Co-sponsor Bill to Establish National Paid Sick Days Policy

April 14, 2021

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are co-sponsoring the Healthy Families Act, paid sick days legislation that would help keep workers, communities and the economy in Oregon and nationwide healthy. “The COVID-19 pandemic has both magnified and spotlighted the long-standing need to fix a

Wyden and Merkley: FEMA Will Now Provide Financial for COVID-19 Funeral Costs

April 14, 2021

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that FEMA is providing financial assistance for eligible COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020 in Oregon and nationwide. “The COVID-19 global pandemic has left thousands of families throughout our state and country shouldering the financial

Merkley, Wyden, Bentz Announce Relief for Klamath Basin Irrigators, Klamath Tribes

April 14, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, with Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2), today announced that irrigators on the Klamath Reclamation Project will receive $15 million in immediate aid and Klamath Basin tribes will receive $3 million in technical assistance, and that another $10 million will be

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