Merkley aplaude a la GAO por reafirmar que las revocaciones de bolsillo de Trump son ilegales.
WASHINGTON, DC – Hoy, el senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley (D-OR), miembro de mayor rango del Comité de Presupuesto del Senado, emitió la siguiente declaración luego de que la Oficina de Responsabilidad Gubernamental de los Estados Unidos (GAO) reafirmara que la Ley de Control de Retención de Fondos ahora permite que el Presidente emita una rescisión de bolsillo sobre fondos que expiran. El viernes, el Presidente
Merkley renueva su ofensiva para combatir la corrupción estatal y local.
Washington, D.C. – El senador estadounidense por Oregón, Jeff Merkley, impulsó el fortalecimiento de las leyes federales anticorrupción luego de que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos facilitara que los funcionarios estatales y locales aceptaran sobornos por acciones oficiales. Merkley volvió a presentar la Ley para Detener los Sobornos Corruptos, que restauraría la confianza pública en los gobiernos estatales y locales.
Merkley y Pingree impulsan un proyecto de ley bipartidista para evitar la demolición del Centro Kennedy.
El esfuerzo bicameral y bipartidista se produce en medio de las recientes amenazas del presidente Trump de que el monumento viviente a JFK podría ser "derribado" a menos que se agregue su nombre al edificio Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, y la congresista de Maine, Chellie Pingree, miembros de mayor rango del Comité de Asignaciones para el Interior y el Medio Ambiente del Senado y la Cámara de Representantes
Merkley, Watson Coleman, Murkowski, Rutherford Team Up for Bipartisan Effort to Combat Opioid Overdoses in the Workplace
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12), U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL-05) partnered together on bipartisan legislation to help tackle rising rates of opioid overdoses with increased access to overdose reversal medications like naloxone. The Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK)
Wyden, Merkley, Bynum Celebrate $3.8 Million in Federal Funding for Expansion of Redmond Airport
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representative Janelle Bynum, today announced $3.8 million in federal funding to kickstart the expansion of Redmond Airport. “My visit to the Redmond Airport last fall showed me firsthand how this funding is a solid and key investment in
Merkley Denounces Unjust Sentencing of Hong Kong Democracy Advocate Jimmy Lai
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—issued this statement following the sentencing of Jimmy Lai, an entrepreneur and democracy advocate in Hong Kong who has been imprisoned since 2020 under
Merkley, Wyden Lead the Charge to Limit DHS’ Use of Facial Recognition Technology Amid Trump’s Rapidly Growing Surveillance State
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they introduced the ICE Out of Our Faces Act. The bicameral legislation would rein in the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), banning agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs
Merkley, Senate and House Lawmakers: Trump Administration Risking a New Arms Race with Failure to Renew Nuclear Treaty with Russia
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—co-chair of the Congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—led his Senate and House colleagues in raising urgent concerns about the expiration this week of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Klobuchar, Heinrich, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns About National Trail Program
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies are
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