Author: Lauren Denham

Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Dexter y sus colegas presentan una legislación para derogar el escudo de responsabilidad legal de la industria de armas.

La legislación daría a las víctimas de violencia armada vías legales para responsabilizar a los fabricantes por negligencia en los tribunales Washington DC—Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, junto con las representantes estadounidenses Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas y Maxine Dexter, dijeron hoy que se han unido a sus colegas para presentar una legislación que garantizaría que las víctimas de violencia armada

Wyden, Merkley, Shaheen y Schumer encabezan un escrito amicus en apoyo del fiscal general de Oregón Rayfield, quien impugna el abuso de poderes de emergencia de la administración Trump para imponer aranceles.   

Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden (demócrata por Oregón) y Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregón) lideraron hoy a sus colegas en la presentación de un escrito amicus curiae en el caso Oregón contra el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, un caso clave liderado por el fiscal general de Oregón, Dan Rayfield, que impugna el abuso de poderes de emergencia por parte de la administración Trump para imponer aranceles.

Sullivan, Merkley, Curtis Condemn CCP’s Transnational Repression, Press for Sanctions on Hong Kong Judiciary Officials

WASHINGTON—This week, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), incoming chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), co-chair of the CECC, and John Curtis (R-Utah) introduced the Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act, which would hold officials of Hong Kong’s judiciary accountable for human rights violations and support Hong Kongers

Oregon Delegation: Seven Airports In State Earn More Than $22 Million in Federal Grants

Airports in Portland, Hillsboro, Bend, Eugene, Corvallis, Burns and Joseph secure infrastructure investments Washington, D.C. – Oregon lawmakers today announced that seven airports in the Portland metro area, the Willamette Valley, Central Oregon and Eastern Oregon have secured about $22.7 million combined in federal grants for infrastructure improvements to taxiways,

Senator Welch, Oregon Governor Kotek, Sens. Klobuchar, Luján, Wyden, and Merkley Host Press Call on Republicans’ Attack on SNAP, Nutrition Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition and Specialty

Wyden, Merkley Co-Sponsor Legislation to Ban Conversion Therapy 

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore) today announced they are co-sponsoring legislation that would ban so-called “conversion therapy,” a practice fraudulently claiming to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.  “Forcing Americans into sham therapy for a non-existent illness is medieval quackery, not modern

Padilla, Merkley, Schakowsky Introduce Bicameral Bill to Strengthen Nursing Staff Standards, Improve Patient Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, on International Nurses Day, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act to improve hospital patient care and nurse retention by setting mandatory minimum registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.-09)

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