Oregon Airports to Receive Nearly $19 Million in Federal Investment
Airports receiving federal funds include those in Independence, John Day, Klamath Falls, Madras, Medford, Portland, and Tillamook Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05), announced that eight Oregon airports will receive a combined federal investment
BLUMENTHAL & MERKLEY LEAD GROUP OF 10 SENATORS IN DEMANDING FDA REVERSE DANGEROUS AUTHORIZATION OF FLAVORED E-CIGARETTES
Recent FDA authorization of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes enables & encourages youth tobacco use Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a group of ten senators in calling on Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Kyle Diamantas to rescind FDA’s recent decision to
Leader Schumer, And Ranking Members Merkley, Durbin, Peters, Whitehouse, Heinrich Statement On Successfully Striking GOP’s First Attempt To Fund $1 Billion For Trump’s Gilded Ballroom In Republican Bill
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),
Merkley, Luján Praise Senate Passage of Epstein Files Transparency Act to Restore Public’s Trust and Deliver Justice for Epstein’s Victims
Senators Led Bipartisan Landmark Transparency Legislation in the Senate Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and New Mexico’s U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján issued the following statement after an agreement was reached guaranteeing Senate passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act: “We say no more to the
Peters, Schumer, Durbin and Merkley Lead Democratic Colleagues in Calling on Leader Thune to Quickly Bring the Epstein Files Transparency Act to Floor for Vote
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Budget Committee, led their Senate Democratic colleagues in calling
Padilla, Merkley, Schiff, Wyden Demand Election Commissioner Correct Dangerous Voting Misinformation or Resign
Senators to EAC Commissioner McCormick: “If you do not disavow these comments immediately, we urge you to resign your position to protect the integrity of the Commission and its important nonpartisan work.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and
Luján, Warnock, Merkley Lead Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays Worsened by Shutdown
Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds Luján and Warnock are the Only two Head Start Alumni to Serve in the U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led 19 Senate colleagues
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Call on Trump Admin to Immediately Halt Plans to Upend Key Homelessness Program
Ending Continuum of Care Program Could Force 200,000 People Back onto the Streets Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their Democratic Senate colleagues to urge Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner to immediately halt reported plans to make drastic changes to
Wyden, Merkley Push Trump Administration to Release Funds for Heating Assistance for Low-Income Americans
Millions of households await help with their heating bills heading into winter amid skyrocketing energy costs Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they are joining a bipartisan group of senators to push the Trump administration to immediately release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
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