Wyden, Merkley Raise Alarm Over Loss of Mental Health Access in Eastern Oregon
Senators: Trump and congressional Republicans’ budget bill threatens essential mental care for nearly 800 Malheur County residents enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today wrote health care providers serving Malheur County to ask how they’ll ensure nearly 800 residents keep access
BLUMENTHAL, MURKOWSKI & MERKLEY LEAD CALL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT FOLLOWING DOJ’S FAILURE TO RELEASE THE FULL EPSTEIN FILES AS DEMANDED BY SURVIVORS, REQUIRED BY LAW
WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a bipartisan group of senators in writing Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume requesting the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) perform an audit of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)
Merkley, Wyden Announce $960,881 Coming to Wasco County for Distance Learning
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a federal investment of $960,881 for the Dufur School District 29 to support distance learning in Wasco County. With this funding, instructors at Portland Community College in Multnomah County, Baker Technical Institute in Baker County, Columbia Gorge Community
Booker, Daines, Merkley, Wicker Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce U.S. Stillbirth Rate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Roger Wicker (R-MS) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act, legislation that would reduce the alarmingly high U.S. stillbirth rate. Named after Autumn Joy, a New Jersey baby
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Provide Universal Paid Leave
73 percent of American workers do not have access to paid leave Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they joined their colleagues in introducing legislation that would guarantee up to 12 weeks of partial income for workers who are forced to take leave
Merkley Leads Historic Call for U.S. Recognition of Palestinian Statehood
First-ever resolution in the U.S. Senate to formally recognize a Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a historic resolution calling on the President to recognize a Palestinian state. The resolution—the first of its kind in the United States Senate—calls for
Merkley, Dexter, Oregon Delegation Sound the Alarm Over EPA’s Proposal to Declassify Greenhouse Gases as Public Health Threat
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (OR-03) led a letter with their Oregon delegation colleagues—U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—in raising the alarm over the threat of the
Merkley, Sullivan, Curtis, Kaine, Scott, Coons, and Young: U.S. Must Do All It Can to Secure Release of Hong Kong Democracy Advocate Jimmy Lai
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK)—respectively the past and current Chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—joined forces with John Curtis (R-UT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rick Scott (R-FL), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Todd Young (R-IN) to urge U.S. Secretary of State Marco
BLUMENTHAL & MERKLEY URGE FDA TO FINALIZE BIPARTISAN RULE CAPPING NICOTINE LEVELS FOR COMBUSTIBLE TOBACCO PRODUCTS
[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) this week led a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary and Center for Tobacco Products Acting Director Bret Koplow to urge FDA to finalize a bipartisan rule that would establish maximum nicotine levels