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Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Urge Administration to Reinstate EPA Employees Retaliated Against for Exercising Free Speech Rights

August 1, 2025

Washington, DC– U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) said today they have joined 15 Senate colleagues in pressing the federal Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate employees placed on administrative leave after signing a “Declaration of Dissent” expressing concern with the agency’s direction under the Trump administration. “We

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Call for Restoration of Voting Rights Act

August 1, 2025

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965 that federal court rulings have eroded in recent years. “Six decades after Congress passed the landmark Voting Rights

Merkley, Curtis, Kaine, Ricketts Announce Bipartisan Bill to Support Taiwan’s Diplomatic Partners in Latin America and Caribbean

August 1, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Utah’s U.S. Senator John Curtis, Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, and Nebraska’s U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts today introduced bipartisan legislation to support Taiwan and its diplomatic partners in Latin America and the Caribbean and to deepen U.S. engagement in the Western Hemisphere. The United

Chairs Introduce Landmark Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act

July 31, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Chair and Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today introduced the Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act of 2025, a comprehensive, bipartisan bill to address the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for its atrocities targeting the

Merkley, Sullivan, Smith, McGovern Fight Back Against Foreign Governments Trampling Human Rights Within the U.S. and Beyond

July 31, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)—a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—teamed up with current CECC Chair Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), CECC Co-Chair Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), and CECC Commissioner Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) to

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