CBO Tells Merkley: Trump’s Brazen National Guard Deployment to American Cities Has So Far Cost U.S. Taxpayers Upwards of $589 Million
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that President Donald Trump’s brazen decision to deploy National Guard personnel to U.S. cities, including Portland, has cost taxpayers upwards of $589 million to date. If these
Merkley, Durbin, Peters Lead Amicus Brief Urging Circuit Court to Affirm the Critical Protections of Minors in Immigration Detention
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee led a group of 23 Senators in filing an
Merkley Joins Senate Probe of Trump’s Cuts to Child Care for Rural Families
“Trump vowed to lower costs for Americans, yet his administration’s actions…make this [child care crisis] worse.” Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of Senators in announcing a new investigation into how the Trump Administration’s cuts to affordable child care programs are affecting rural families. The
Merkley, Whitehouse, Welch y Huffman: en el INC-5, Estados Unidos debe defender un acuerdo para abordar el ciclo de vida completo de los plásticos
Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregon Jeff Merkley, acompañado por los senadores estadounidenses Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Peter Welch (D-VT) y el representante estadounidense Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), envió hoy una carta al Secretario de Estado de los EE. UU., Antony Blinken, y a la presidenta del Consejo de Calidad Ambiental, Brenda Mallory, pidiendo que Estados Unidos use su influencia
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