Merkley Celebrates Senate Passage of His Bipartisan Bill to Wipe Out Non-Flushables from Wastewater Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced that his bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act unanimously passed the Senate. Merkley leads the WIPPES Act with Maine’s U.S. Senator Susan Collins. The WIPPES Act would address health, ecosystem, and wastewater infrastructure concerns caused by the flushing of non-flushable wipes.
Merkley Launches Investigation into Private Equity Ownership of Child Care Centers
Investigation Seeks to Determine if Private Equity Ownership in the Child Care Industry is Prioritizing Investor Profits Over the Health, Safety, and Welfare of Children Washington, D.C. — To address the growing concern over the role private equity is playing in the child care industry, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR),
Merkley Announces More Oregon Town Halls
Senator holding nine in-person conversations in Malheur, Harney, Grant, Baker, Union, Wallowa, Umatilla, Morrow, and Wheeler counties between March 30-April 1 Baker City, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced he will continue his town halls with in-person community conversations across eastern Oregon counties from Monday, March 30th through
Merkley, Curtis, Kaine, Ricketts Announce Bipartisan Bill to Support Taiwan’s Diplomatic Partners in Latin America and Caribbean
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Utah’s U.S. Senator John Curtis, Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, and Nebraska’s U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts today introduced bipartisan legislation to support Taiwan and its diplomatic partners in Latin America and the Caribbean and to deepen U.S. engagement in the Western Hemisphere. The United
Merkley: Netanyahu Government’s Starvation of Gaza Driving Horrific Famine Conditions, Innocent Civilian Deaths
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the first Senator to call for a lasting ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—issued the following statement after a global hunger monitoring authority sounded the alarm on the ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ unfolding in
Chairs Introduce Landmark Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act
Washington, D.C. – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Chair and Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), today introduced the Uyghur Genocide and Sanctions Accountability Act of 2025, a comprehensive, bipartisan bill to address the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for its atrocities targeting the
KAINE, CURTIS, AND MERKLEY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO ADDRESS CRIMES IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON AND STRENGTHEN REGIONAL STABILITY
Bill would address organized crime, deforestation, and violence in the Brazilian Amazon WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, introduced the Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Brazilian Amazon
Merkley, Sullivan, Smith, McGovern Fight Back Against Foreign Governments Trampling Human Rights Within the U.S. and Beyond
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)—a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—teamed up with current CECC Chair Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), CECC Co-Chair Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), and CECC Commissioner Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) to
Committee Advances Peters, Hawley, Merkley, and Ossoff Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Member Stock Trading
WASHINGTON, DC—Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) to ban Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, and their spouses and dependent children from holding, buying, or selling stocks has advanced out of committee. The committee passed the Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions
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