Merkley, Padilla Lead Senate Colleagues to Urge Education Department’s Timely Execution of Federal Education Programs for Agricultural Farmworker Students
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and California’s U.S. Senator Alex Padilla today led a group of Senators in urging U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to ensure the timely delivery of federal funds for the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) and College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), which
Wyden, Merkley, Senate Democrats Unveil Plans to Lower Health Costs Amid Trump’s Broken Promises to Americans
Amid Republican Attacks on Health Care That Raised Premiums and Worsened Coverage, Senate Democrats Offer Path to the Next Generation of Health Reforms to Benefit American Families Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and eleven Senate Democrats – including Senator
Wyden, Merkley Demand Transparency from Meta on Facial Recognition Technology in Smart Glasses
Senators: “The deployment of facial recognition technology in smart glasses risks entrenching a system in which Americans are routinely scanned, catalogued, and analyzed as they move through daily life — an outcome fundamentally incompatible with a democracy.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) today
Dexter Leads Oregon Lawmakers in Standing Up for Wildfire Response and Research
Oregon lawmakers warn USDA plan would weaken wildfire response, disrupt critical research, and jeopardize 246 local jobs. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (OR-03) today led a letter with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) that
Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici: FEMA Must Award Critical Disaster Mitigation Funds to an Oregon Coast Project
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), today demanded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) immediately award Clatsop County and Columbia Memorial Hospital (CMH) $20,845,683 in federal funding that was provided under the Building
Wyden y Merkley anuncian que se invertirán más de $17 millones en aeropuertos rurales de Oregón bajo la Ley de Infraestructura Bipartidista
Los aeropuertos de La Grande, Klamath Falls, Hood River, Hermiston, John Day y McMinnville recibirán fondos federales para mantenimiento y ampliación de servicios Washington DC—Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron hoy que se invertirán más de $17 millones en aeropuertos de todo Oregón gracias a la Ley de Infraestructura Bipartidista que apoyaron en
Los representantes Hoyle, Huffman y el senador Merkley presentan un proyecto de ley para ampliar el Área Recreativa Nacional del Río Smith al suroeste de Oregón.
EUGENE, OR – Hoy, el representante estadounidense Val Hoyle (OR-04) y el representante Jared Huffman (CA-02) presentaron la Ley de Expansión del Área Recreativa Nacional del Río Smith (NRA) para proteger la pintoresca cuenca del río North Fork Smith en el suroeste de Oregón y sus ríos de clase mundial, reservas de salmón, plantas raras, agua potable y oportunidades recreativas. La Cámara
187 miembros del Congreso presentan un escrito para apoyar la prohibición de las terapias de conversión en la Corte Suprema
WASHINGTON, DC — Hoy, el presidente del Caucus de Igualdad del Congreso, el representante Mark Takano (CA-39), el vicepresidente del Caucus de Igualdad del Congreso y vicepresidente del Caucus Demócrata de la Cámara de Representantes, el representante Ted Lieu (CA-36), y el senador Jeff Merkley (OR) presentaron un escrito amicus curiae para instar a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos a que confirme la constitucionalidad de la prohibición de Colorado.
Merkley, Wyden y Bonamici expresan su preocupación por el cierre del centro de maternidad de Providence Seaside
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), are expressing serious concern over the planned closure of labor and delivery services at Providence Seaside and call on Providence Health & Services to support families and clinicians affected by the decision. Last