Ranking Member Merkley, Colleagues Denounce Trump Administration’s Partisan Changes to National Park Service Access for 2026
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service— today led U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jack Reed (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Ed Markey (D-MA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory
Ranking Member Merkley: Interior-Environment Funding Bill Boosts Wildfire Resiliency, Water Infrastructure, and Climate Investments in Oregon and Across the Nation
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Interior-Environment Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Appropriations bill in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 82-15: “Oregonians turned out in record numbers during my town halls last year and delivered
Merkley, Sullivan, Curtis, Kaine Push for Bipartisan Crackdown on Chinese Government-Controlled Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices in U.S.
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), Senator John Curtis (R-UT), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) to introduce bipartisan legislation that
Durante el Mes Nacional de la Enfermería, Merkley, Collins, Baldwin y Blackburn impulsan un proyecto de ley bipartidista para apoyar a la fuerza laboral de enfermería de Estados Unidos.
Joyce, Bonamici, Underwood y Kiggans lideran la versión del proyecto de ley en la Cámara de Representantes. Washington, D.C. – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, la senadora estadounidense de Maine, Susan Collins, la senadora estadounidense de Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin, y la senadora estadounidense de Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn, junto con los representantes estadounidenses Dave Joyce (R-OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) y Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), marcaron
Murphy, Warren, Merkley, Blumenthal, Liccardo y activistas denuncian la corrupta cena benéfica de Trump y exigen la publicación de los nombres de los asistentes y los favores que reciben.
WASHINGTON—El senador estadounidense Chris Murphy (demócrata por Connecticut) encabezó el jueves una conferencia de prensa junto con los senadores Elizabeth Warren (demócrata por Massachusetts), Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregón) y Richard Blumenthal (demócrata por Connecticut), el representante Sam Liccardo (demócrata por California), Public Citizen, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) y End Citizens United para denunciar la flagrante corrupción detrás de la cena secreta con monedas del presidente Trump,
Senadores presentarán una enmienda a la Ley GENIUS para prevenir la corrupción de Trump.
Washington, DC – El senador Jeff Merkley (D-OR), la senadora Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), miembro de mayor rango del Comité Bancario del Senado, el líder demócrata del Senado Chuck Schumer (D-NY), el senador Gary Peters (D-MI), miembro de mayor rango del Comité de Seguridad Nacional y Asuntos Gubernamentales del Senado, el senador Jack Reed (D-RI), miembro de mayor rango del Comité de Servicios Armados del Senado, y los senadores Chris Murphy (D-CT) y Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Merkley Statement After Republican Reconciliation Bill Passed Out of the House
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following House passage of the Republican reconciliation bill. “House Republicans have just passed Trump’s so called ‘big, beautiful bill.’ There is nothing beautiful about it. It is: families lose, billionaires
Governor Kotek Applauds $16 Million USDA Purchase of Oregon Pink Shrimp
USDA’s letter recognizes value of high-quality Pacific pink shrimp to the economic health of the United States Today, Governor Tina Kotek released the following statement in response to the USDA announcement of a $16 million purchase of Oregon Pink Shrimp: “As a coastal state with major ports, we move billions
Warren, Merkley, Tokuda Renew Fight to Hold Soldiers Accountable for Wounded Knee Massacre
Legislation would strip Medal of Honor from soldiers who participated in the slaughter of hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at the Wounded Knee massacre Text of the Bill (PDF) | Bill One-Pager (PDF) Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), along with Congresswoman
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