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
Wyden, Markey, Merkley and Van Hollen Release Bill to Protect Americans Against Musk, DOGE and Other Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Personal Information
The Privacy Act Modernization Act would empower Americans to sue officials for misuse of their data and federal systems Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., today released legislation to protect Americans against Elon Musk, DOGE and other officials illegally accessing stores of personal data
Merkley, Wyden Join Legislation to Combat Urban Heat Islands
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in introducing the Excess Urban Heat Mitigation Act, which would create a competitive grant program to provide funding to combat the causes and consequences of urban heat islands. “In places like East Portland, where a lack of
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Rescind Illegal Anti-Voter Executive Order
Senators say “requirements in this illegal order would likely disenfranchise millions of American voters…places a variety of other process burdens on voters, especially married women, rural residents, and low-income voters, and communities of color.” Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate
UPDATE: Merkley Announces Early April Town Halls
UPDATE: Because of a change in the U.S. Senate voting schedule, all three town halls in Central Oregon on Saturday, April 5 have been postponed. The town halls in Grant and Wheeler counties on Sunday, April 6 currently remain as scheduled. An updated event schedule and invitations will be shared in
Senators Schmitt and Merkley Reintroduce the Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization (WATCH) Act
WASHINGTON – Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statements after the reintroduction of S.1104 – the Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization (WATCH) Act. This bill would ensure the United States is not funding risky research on animals in unregulated foreign laboratories. “The outsourcing
Merkley, Pingree: EPA’s Elimination of Scientific Research Arm Threatens Clean Air and Water for All
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sounded the alarm over the EPA’s illegal plans to dismantle the Office of Research and Development (ORD) and fire hundreds of scientists nationwide.
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