Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Greg Walden, Kurt Schrader, and Suzanne Bonamici, have announced that 3,454 hospitals in Oregon will receive a total of $291 million in funding to enhance their coronavirus response efforts. The funds are being allocated
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore, along with 45 of their senate colleagues, are calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to conduct a national inventory of the coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic testing supply, publicly
WASHINGTON, DC — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with twelve of his Senate colleagues, are calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) to immediately investigate continued disturbing reports that pregnant detainees are severely mistreated while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley called on the Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Treasury on Friday to provide immediate clarification on tribal eligibility for the new Paycheck Protection Program and Emergency Economic Injury Grants. Wyden and Merkley’s letter to SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin follows concerns
Coming from a state where voters know their May 19 primary election will not be disrupted by the spread of COVID-19 because it is done by mail, it’s no surprise that Oregon senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are pushing to adopt the same voting process across the nation. They
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with a bipartisan group of 18 of his Senate colleagues, are pushing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to consider the needs of rural hospitals as it distributes the $100 billion healthcare fund included in the CARES act. A release said Merkley has
From his home in outer Northeast Portland, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley spoke by phone April 7 about the coronavirus crisis with Northwest Labor Press reporter Don McIntosh — with occasional interruptions from Sadie, his elderly Airedale Terrier. NW LABOR PRESS: What do you think of the CARES Act [the $2
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that more than $12 million in federal grants will be available for health centers statewide to support their work responding to COVID-19 in their communities.The $12.4 million in federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants from
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday over $450,000 in earthquake research grant funding for Oregon. The grants will be administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, and will be allotted to Oregon State University, Portland State University and the University of Oregon. The schools will receive
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Wednesday that more than $12 million in federal grants will be available for health centers statewide to support their work responding to COVID-19 in their communities. The Columbia River Community Health Services in Boardman was the lone health center in
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