Etiqueta: Appropriations

Merkley, Pingree Demand Trump Administration Halt Implementation of Reckless Reorganization at the Department of the Interior

April 22, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s move to significantly reorganize the

Merkley y Pingree: La eliminación del brazo de investigación científica de la EPA amenaza el aire y el agua limpios para todos.

28 de marzo de 2025

Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley, de Oregón, y la congresista Chellie Pingree (ME-01), los principales demócratas en los subcomités que supervisan la financiación de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA), dieron la voz de alarma sobre los planes ilegales de la EPA para desmantelar la Oficina de Investigación y Desarrollo (ORD) y despedir a cientos de científicos en todo el país.

Merkley, Pingree: El desmantelamiento imprudente de los programas de justicia ambiental por parte de la EPA perjudica a las comunidades.

27 de marzo de 2025

Washington, DC – Jeff Merkley (D-OR), miembro de mayor rango del Subcomité de Asignaciones para el Interior y el Medio Ambiente del Senado, y Chellie Pingree (ME-01), miembro de mayor rango del Subcomité de Asignaciones para el Interior y el Medio Ambiente de la Cámara de Representantes, denunciaron los planes del administrador de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA), Lee Zeldin, de eliminar todas las oficinas y puestos de la agencia relacionados con la justicia ambiental y la diversidad, la equidad y la inclusión.

Merkley: Won’t Give in to Bullies, Voted Against Republicans’ Dangerous Government Spending Bill

March 14, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Senate considered Republicans’ Continuing Resolution to fund the government until September 30: “You don’t stop a bully by giving him your lunch money, and you don’t stop tyrant Trump by giving him more power. The Republican spending bill

Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand FEMA Responds to Questions about Disaster Victim Data, Mass Firings, and Funding Freezes

March 7, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues to call on the leadership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to respond to unanswered questions about Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and its reported access to sensitive disaster victim data. The Senators

Merkley, Wyden: Trump Devastates Oregon’s Rural Communities with Federal Funding Cuts and Mass Firings

February 24, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, the former top Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee overseeing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Ron Wyden demanded recently confirmed U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins immediately reverse disastrous actions at the USDA that have harmed Oregon farmers and families. Their

Ranking Members Pingree, Merkley Condemn Indian Affairs Hiring Freeze, Firings as Violation of Tribal Sovereignty

February 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Democrats on the subcommittees that oversee funding for the Department of the Interior (DOI), demanded the Trump Administration immediately reinstate terminated Indian Affairs employees, lift the hiring freeze, and officially rescind the deferred resignation and early retirement offers. As

Merkley, Murray, Peters Seek Clarity on Scope, Reach of OMB Funding Cuts, Who Authored Disastrous Memo

February 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-MI) continued their Congressional oversight responsibilities of the Trump Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by seeking clarity

Trump Illegally Pulling EV Infrastructure Money Means More Pollution, Higher Fuel Costs—Merkley, EPW Colleagues Demand Answers, Funding Reinstatement

February 11, 2025

By banning the Department of Transportation from releasing previously approved National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funds, Trump is again violating the Constitution while putting his Big Oil donors’ interests above those of the American people Washington, D.C. –Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public

Heinrich, Murray, Merkley, Klobuchar Demand Answers from USDA on Wildfire Mitigation Projects, Firefighting Hiring Halted by Trump’s Funding Freeze