Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Interior Subcommittee, sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum requesting additional information on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) planned implementation of Executive Order
La carta se produce tras la admisión por parte de la Administración Trump de que la decisión de cancelar las subvenciones a proyectos energéticos en los estados que no votaron por Trump se basó “únicamente” en motivos políticos. Senadores: “Es un ataque al estado de derecho y al principio democrático básico que el gobierno federal sirve a la sociedad”.
Washington, DC – Hoy, Jeff Merkley (D-OR), miembro de mayor rango del Subcomité de Asignaciones para el Interior y el Medio Ambiente del Senado —el principal demócrata que supervisa la financiación del Departamento del Interior de EE. UU.— exigió al Secretario del Interior, Doug Burgum, que proporcione respuestas urgentes sobre el uso de los fondos federales del Servicio de Parques Nacionales (NPS) durante la celebración del 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos. La consulta de Merkley se produce tras la decisión de Trump
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader; Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, led the entire Senate Democratic caucus in demanding
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee—launched an investigation into the Trump Administration’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, which has so far reportedly cost American taxpayers more
Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump formally requested that Congress spend an additional $88 billion in the form of a supplemental request. The majority of these funds would be spent to cover the costs and replenish wasted ammunitions from Trump’s war of choice with Iran while also covering the cost of his illegal tariffs that have hurt families and farmers across the country. Following this news, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that Oregon will receive more than $37.4 million in federal funding through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to support critical drinking water infrastructure projects across the state. “Reliable access to clean water
Senators warn that inclusion of poison pills harming the environment would undermine Senate’s ability to pass bipartisan spending bills Washington, D.C. – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior,
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron que Oregón recibirá un total de 1.059.961 dólares en fondos federales para apoyar a las agencias estatales de pesca y vida silvestre. Estos fondos provienen del programa de Subvenciones Estatales para la Vida Silvestre del Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de los Estados Unidos (USFWS), que apoya los esfuerzos de conservación de las agencias estatales. ’Las tierras y aguas de nuestro estado son fundamentales para
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the Ranking Member of the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee—delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery at the hearing reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request for the U.S. Forest Service with Chief Tom Schultz: Senator Merkley’s remarks, as prepared for
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