HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY INTRODUCE BILL TO PERMANENTLY AUTHORIZE CDC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH
Senators Want Statutory Authorization to Keep Focus on Rural Health Needs WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced legislation to build on their efforts to bring a sharper focus on rural health needs by permanently authorizing the Office of Rural Health within the
Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers and Actions from Feds as Many Head Start Programs in Oregon and Nationwide Still Face Funding Disruptions
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining colleagues to demand answers and action from the Trump administration about the acute financial impacts and lingering uncertainty faced by Head Start programs in Oregon and nationwide following the Office of Management and Budget’s memo
Wyden, Merkley, Crapo, and Risch Push to Reauthorize Program Supporting Rural Counties in Oregon, Idaho and Nationwide
Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) said today that they along with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and 17 other Senate colleagues have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) administered for counties hosting
Merkley and Colleagues to EPA Administrator Zeldin: Provide Valid Legal Basis for EPA Funding Freeze that is Threatening Jobs and Jeopardizing Infrastructure Projects
During his first days on the job, EPA Administrator Zeldin rubber stamps Trump’s disastrous funding freeze and violates federal law Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee—joined all his Democratic colleagues of the Committee in demanding answers from
Merkley y Wyden critican los recortes ilegales de fondos federales del presidente Trump que perjudican a las familias estadounidenses
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregon Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden emitieron hoy las siguientes declaraciones en respuesta a un juez federal que bloqueó la orden ejecutiva de la Administración Trump que detiene inmediatamente todos los préstamos y subvenciones federales: “El ataque a estos programas que permiten a las familias salir adelante y prosperar
Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley Slams Illegal Federal Funding Freezes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee – blasted the Trump administration’s late-night announcement freezing all federal funds, a clear violation of law and Congress’s constitutional duty to appropriate funds: “The President is not a king, and the laws Congress
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