Senate Republicans Block Merkley’s Bill to Prevent War with Venezuela
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of his Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act of 2025, which would block federal funds from being used for military actions in Venezuela: “As the Constitution so clearly says, Congress has the power
Senators Blunt Rochester, Merkley, Warnock Introduce Bill to Repair Infrastructure, Bridge Communities
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) today introduced the Restoring Essential Public Access and Improving Resilient (REPAIR) Infrastructure Program Act. The bill would reauthorize and expand the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Reconnecting Communities Program as the REPAIR Infrastructure Program,
Following Republican Hemp Ban, Wyden, Merkley Reintroduce Bill to Keep Hemp on Market with Strong Consumer Protections
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today reintroduced legislation that would return hemp to the market and create national safety standards for hemp-derived products, keep these products out of the hands of children, and ban unsafe, untested hemp products. Reintroduction of the Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation
Merkley: Global Plastics Crisis Requires Global Action
Senator traveling to Busan, South Korea, to help shape global plastic pollution agreement Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a leading voice in Congress on the urgent need to address the plastic pollution crisis—today issued the following statement before traveling to the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan,
Merkley Statement on Vote to Block Offensive Arms Sales to the Netanyahu Government
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate held votes on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to halt U.S. sales of certain offensive weapons used in Gaza by the Netanyahu government: “While Israel
Ahead of Busy Holiday Travel Season, Merkley Urges Oversight of TSA’s Unchecked Use of Facial Recognition Technology at Airports Nationwide
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today joined forces with a bipartisan group of his colleagues to sound the alarm on the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) facial recognition regime in airports across the United States. Merkley co-led the effort with Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA),
Declaración de Wyden y Merkley sobre la confirmación por parte del Senado del magistrado Mustafa Kasubhai para el Tribunal de Distrito de EE. UU. en Oregón
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley emitieron la siguiente declaración después de que el Senado estadounidense votara hoy para confirmar la nominación del magistrado Mustafa Kasubhai para el Tribunal de Distrito de los EE. UU. “Este es un gran día para la justicia en Estados Unidos. El juez Kasubhai trae al Tribunal de Distrito de los EE. UU. un currículum de estrella
Merkley, Wyden: ODOT recibe $31,9 millones para reducir la contaminación de los proyectos de construcción
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden anunciaron hoy que el Departamento de Transporte de Oregón (ODOT) recibirá $31,933,577 para utilizar materiales de construcción más limpios en proyectos financiados por el gobierno federal en todo el estado. La financiación proviene del Programa de Subvenciones Discrecionales para Materiales de Transporte con Bajo Contenido de Carbono de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación, que apoya
Declaración de los presidentes sobre el juicio de Jimmy Lai y las sentencias en el caso de los 47 de Hong Kong
(Washington)—Los presidentes de la Comisión Ejecutiva y del Congreso bipartidista sobre China, el representante Christoper Smith (republicano por Nueva Jersey) y el senador Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregón) emitieron la siguiente declaración sobre el esperado juicio de Jimmy Lai y la sentencia de los defensores de la democracia comúnmente conocidos como los “47 de Hong Kong” (HK47). “El esperado juicio de Jimmy Lai y
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