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As Trump Puts Americans’ Medical Debt Back on Credit Reports, Merkley, Williams, Correa Fight for Patients & Consumer Protections

July 29, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today partnered with U.S. Representatives Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Lou Correa (CA-46) to push back against recent efforts by the Trump Administration to roll back federal protections aiming to keep medical debt off Americans’ credit reports. Their Medical Debt Relief Act would ban all medical debt from

Merkley Pushes to Protect Soil, Water Sources Used in Farming from Microplastics

July 29, 2025

Washington, D.C. – To close out his push throughout July to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today reintroduced his Research for Healthy Soils Act. This legislation would unlock federal funding at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service to conduct research on microplastics in biosolids and help us better understand their potential impacts

Merkley, Cornyn Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Defend Vulnerable Uyghurs from Being Forcibly Returned to PRC

July 29, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Texas’ U.S. Senator John Cornyn today teamed up to introduce new bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on foreign government officials involved in the forced deportation of Uyghurs and other at-risk individuals to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Preventing the Forced Return of Uyghurs Act follows reports

Merkley, Wyden Advocate for Affordable Child Care

July 28, 2025

As Republicans deliver massive tax breaks for billionaires and kick Americans off their health care, Democrats continue their fight to help families find and afford child care  Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said today they cosponsored the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation

Senator Merkley, Colleagues Probe FHFA Director Pulte on Risky Proposals to Allow Unconverted Cryptocurrency Assets in Mortgage Loan Underwriting

July 25, 2025

“While you claim that you issued this order following ‘significant studying,’ the directive includes no information on the process through which the Enterprises will develop their proposals, FHFA’s assessment of potential risks and benefits, or how it will gather stakeholder feedback.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff

Forty-One Senators Call on Appropriators to Reject Anti-Environment Poison Pills

July 24, 2025

The lawmakers warn that policy riders harming environmental and public health would derail the Senate’s ability to pass spending bills Washington, DC – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior,

Merkley, Levin Call for Curbing Plastic Microfiber Pollution from Laundry

July 24, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Mike Levin (CA-49) today introduced the Fighting Fibers Act of 2025 to address one of the most significant sources of microfiber pollution: our laundry. Scientists estimate millions of tons of microfibers enter the ocean every year, which makes textiles the largest

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