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Merkley, Wyden y otros legisladores instan a un organismo congresional no partidista a determinar el verdadero costo de la guerra en Irán.

La administración Trump ha proporcionado estimaciones inconsistentes e incompletas que contradicen a expertos externos, lo que genera dudas sobre el verdadero costo de la guerra. Senadores: “El pueblo estadounidense merece conocer los verdaderos costos de este conflicto, y merece transparencia y honestidad cuando su gobierno compromete a la nación en la guerra”. Texto de la carta (PDF)

Los aeropuertos de Oregón recibirán 14,5 millones de dólares en inversiones federales.

Los aeropuertos que reciben fondos federales incluyen los de Ashland, Eugene, Hermiston, La Grande, Pendleton, Portland, Prineville, Salem y Scappoose. Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, así como las representantes estadounidenses Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06) y Maxine Dexter (OR-03), anunciaron que nueve aeropuertos de Oregón recibirán

Merkley, Mannion Champion Legislation to Make Mental Health Care Accessible for Every Student in America 

Washington, D.C. – During Mental Health Awareness Month, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressman John Mannion (NY-22) announced the reintroduction of the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act, legislation that would significantly boost the availability of mental health providers in America’s public schools. Mental illness affects nearly 20 percent of American youth. This bicameral legislation would put additional mental health providers in elementary and

Cuarenta y un senadores presionan para mantener las cláusulas ambientales perjudiciales fuera de los proyectos de ley de asignaciones

Senators warn that inclusion of poison pills harming the environment would undermine Senate’s ability to pass bipartisan spending bills Washington, D.C. – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior,

Merkley, Salinas, Pacific Northwest Democrats to Secretary Rollins: Act Quickly to Hire Agricultural Research Staff Across the Region

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led a group of their Pacific Northwest colleagues in pressing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins over her commitment to promptly fill critical staff positions that remain vacant at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service

Merkley, Senators: EPA Must Address Microplastic Pollution to Protect Human Health

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led his Senate colleagues—including Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR)—in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use its existing authorities to address the

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