Merkley y Wyden anuncian más de 1.520 millones de dólares en pagos PILT para apoyar servicios vitales en Oregón.
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron hoy que los condados de todo Oregón recibirán un total combinado de $52,016,022 en fondos de Pagos en Lugar de Impuestos (PILT) para 2026. Debido a que los gobiernos locales no pueden gravar las tierras federales, los fondos PILT anuales ayudan a sufragar los costos asociados con
Durante el Mes del Orgullo, Merkley, Wyden y sus colegas presentan una resolución pidiendo disculpas por la discriminación gubernamental contra funcionarios públicos y miembros de las fuerzas armadas LGBTQ+.
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregon, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, se unieron a una resolución liderada por los senadores estadounidenses Tim Kaine (D-Va.) y Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) para reconocer y disculparse por el maltrato y la discriminación contra las personas LGBTQ+ que han servido en las fuerzas armadas, como funcionarios públicos o en
Rosen, Curtis, Merkley y Banks presentan una resolución que condena la represión china contra las minorías étnicas.
WASHINGTON, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Curtis (R-UT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) y Jim Banks (R-IN) presentaron una resolución bipartidista que condena una ley aprobada por el Partido Comunista Chino y que entrará en vigor el 1 de julio, la cual ataca a las minorías étnicas y expresa su apoyo a los tibetanos.,
Merkley, Daines Champion Bipartisan Effort to Designate National Asbestos Awareness Week
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Montana’s U.S. Senator Steve Daines teamed up for a bipartisan effort to designate April 1-7 as National Asbestos Awareness Week and urge the U.S. Surgeon General to teach Americans about the dangers of asbestos exposure. “All Americans deserve a future
Merkley and Colleagues to EPA Administrator Zeldin: Agency Must Reverse Unlawful Termination of Grants for Clean Air and Water
New documents reveal 400 grantees are being illegally targeted for termination and expose EPA’s willful violation of congressional appropriations law, contractual agreements, and multiple court orders 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 on
Cassidy, Merkley Introduce Bill to Stop Overpayments in the Medicare Advantage Program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, or Diagnoses for the Elderly (No UPCODE) Act to improve the way Medicare Advantage plans assess patients’ health risks and reduce overpayments for care. The No UPCODE Act will save taxpayers billions by eliminating incentives to overcharge
Merkley, Collins, McClain, Mullin Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Wipe Out Non-Flushable Products from Our Wastewater Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Susan Collins (R-ME), U.S. Representatives Lisa McClain (R-MI) and Kevin Mullin (D-CA) today reintroduced the bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act, a bill to address health, ecosystem, and wastewater infrastructure concerns caused by the flushing of non-flushable
Merkley, Risch, Wyden, Crapo Team Up for Bipartisan Bill to Boost Mass Timber Industry Nationwide
International Mass Timber Conference Kicks off in Portland, Oregon Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Idaho’s U.S. Senator James Risch today launched a renewed bipartisan effort to promote the use of mass timber in federal building projects and military construction. The bipartisan Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act—which is
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers on DHS, DOGE Requests to Access Sensitive IRS Information
Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., today led Senate colleagues, including Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in a letter to top officials with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding answers on reports that DHS and the self-styled “Department of Government Efficiency” have illegally requested
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