Merkley critica duramente a los republicanos del Senado por aprobar sin reparos el proyecto de ley de Trump.
Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, emitió la siguiente declaración después de que los republicanos del Senado bloquearan su proyecto de ley para impedir que la Administración Trump utilizara fondos federales para la planificación y construcción del Arco de Trump: “El Arco de Trump es un monumento a su propio ego, un desperdicio del dinero de nuestros contribuyentes. “Este
El Senado bloquea el proyecto de ley de Merkley y Murkowski para impedir que Trump derribe monumentos presidenciales.
Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, emitió la siguiente declaración después de que el senador Mike Lee (republicano de Utah) bloqueara el proyecto de ley bipartidista de Merkley con la senadora estadounidense de Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, para prohibir la demolición de cualquier monumento nacional en honor a un presidente de los Estados Unidos, como el Centro Kennedy, sin una ley del Congreso: “Nuestros monumentos autorizados por el Congreso
Merkley, McBath y Brown impulsan legislación para mejorar los resultados y las experiencias educativas.
Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, y las representantes estadounidenses Lucy McBath (D-GA-07) y Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) se unieron para presentar nuevamente la Ley de Reducción del Tamaño de las Clases para Estudiantes y Educadores, una legislación audaz que invertiría en abordar el problema de las aulas superpobladas y preparar a los estudiantes para el éxito. Las investigaciones demuestran que los estudiantes
Wyden, Merkley Announce $650,000 Loan for Improvements at Anthony Lakes Ski Area to Enhance Safety and Support Local Economy
Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal loan of $650,000 for the Anthony Lakes Outdoor Recreation Association (ALORA) to build a new rental shop to support ski programs and the local economy. “Anthony Lakes is a crown jewel of Eastern Oregon drawing skiers, snowshoers, and
Khanna, Moolenaar, Merkley, McGovern, Smith, and Thompson Request Homeland Security Briefing on Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Implementation
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), alongside Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) Co-Chair Chris Smith (R-NJ), CECC Ranking Members Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Jim
Warren, Merkley, Booker, Van Hollen Question ED Secretary McMahon on Lack of Transparency, Guardrails for $1 Billion Student Loan Administration Fund
“(T)he agency has displayed a worrying lack of public transparency about what this vast sum of money has been spent on or will be spent on in the future.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) raised their concerns in a
Merkley Bringing ‘Stop the Corruption Town Hall Meetings’ to Portland, Springfield, Medford
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will hold ‘Stop the Corruption Town Hall Meetings’ in Portland, Springfield, and Medford on Thursday, September 10. “Our democratic republic works best when elected officials work for the public good, not the elected official’s personal profit,” said Merkley. “Trump
Merkley’s Response to Trump’s Submission of U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress
Washington, D.C. – Following the Trump Administration’s submission to Congress on a proposed U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear cooperation agreement, referred to as a “123 agreement,” Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—issued the
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Reverse Unlawful Cuts to School-Based Mental Health Services
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand the Department of Education disburse funds that were abruptly and unlawfully canceled for School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) and Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration (MHSP) grant programs and halt its attempts to end the grant
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