Category: Press Releases

Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Call on GSA Administrator to End Unprecedented Delay, Provide Critical Transition Resources to President-Elect Biden

November 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have teamed up with 36 of their colleagues in calling on General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy to end her unprecedented delay, immediately ascertain former Vice President Joe Biden as President-elect and Senator Kamala Harris as Vice President-elect, and

Merkley Welcomes Announcement of Blinken, Thomas-Greenfield As Top Diplomats

November 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Tony Blinken as Secretary of State and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as Ambassador to the United Nations (UN): “Today’s announcement is welcome news

Merkley, Blumenthal, Jayapal, Ocasio-Cortez Demand Trump Administration Halt Deportations of Victims of Medical Malpractice by ICE Doctor

November 19, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), today led a push to demand that the Trump administration halt any and all plans to deport the dozens of women who have come forward

Wyden, Merkley: Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to Receive $350,000 Federal Grant

November 19, 2020

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive a $350,000 federal grant to buy two transit vehicles that will provide service to work, schools, health care and other services. “The economic impact from COVID-19 has landed hard on Oregon’s tribes,

Merkley Calls for Trump Administration to Support Nationwide Capacity for Shipping, Handling, and Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines Requiring Ultra-Cold Storage

November 18, 2020

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with 11 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield to work with state, Tribal, territorial, and local stakeholders to identify gaps

Wyden, Merkley Statement on Klamath Dam Removal

November 17, 2020

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley released the following statement on today’s Klamath Dam announcement by Oregon and California: “Oregon and California have made the best of a bad situation forced upon the two states when FERC upset the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement dam removal process

Oregon Delegation Urges FEMA to Assume 100 Percent Cost Share for Wildfire Impacts

November 17, 2020

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s entire congressional delegation is urging theFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assume 100 percent of the cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures from the wildfires that ripped through the state this year. The letter to FEMA from U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley,

Merkley, Colleagues Urge Administration to Send Medical Staff to Support States with Rise in Coronavirus Infections

November 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined eight of his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, urging the administration to address the unprecedented rise in coronavirus infections and

Merkley, Rubio Issue Joint Statement Slamming the Ousting of Pro-Democracy Lawmakers in Hong Kong

November 11, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators and Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Marco Rubio (R-FL)—who serve as commissioner and cochair, respectively, of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—released the following joint statement today following the ousting of four pro-democracy lawmakers from the Hong Kong

Merkley, Colleagues Call on Trump’s Justice Department to Stop Plans to Rebrand Purdue Pharma as a Public Benefit Corporation