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Peters, Merkley, Hawley and Ossoff Announce Historic Bipartisan Agreement to Advance Legislation to Ban Member Stock Trading

July 10, 2024

Peters’ Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to Consider Legislation Later this Month WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) announced an agreement to advance bipartisan legislation, built off of Merkley’s ETHICS Act, to ban Members of Congress, their spouses,

DURBIN, COLLEAGUES REQUEST INFORMATION FROM DOJ, FDA ON THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO COMBAT THE ILLICIT SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF UNAUTHORIZED E-CIGARETTES

June 26, 2024

The letter comes after the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the prevalence of youth e-cigarette use and ahead of June 30th deadline for FDA to complete its e-cigarette PMTA reviews CHICAGO – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S.

Merkley Leads Oregon Delegation Push for the USACE to Fully Funded Fish Hatchery Production in the Willamette Basin

June 20, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led members of the Oregon delegation, Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) urging the agency’s Portland District to prioritize hatchery fish production, as

Declaración conjunta de Merkley y Williams sobre el impulso a favor de la enmienda de abolición antes del Juneteenth.

18 de junio de 2024

Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, y la representante estadounidense Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) emitieron hoy la siguiente declaración para conmemorar el Juneteenth y el reciente progreso de su Enmienda de Abolición, una resolución bipartidista y bicameral que eliminaría la "Cláusula de Esclavitud" de la 13.ª Enmienda, una laguna constitucional que permite la esclavitud "como

Merkley, Braun, Panetta, Yakym Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution Marking National Pollinator Week

18 de junio de 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Indiana’s Senator Mike Braun, along with U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) and Rudy Yakym (R-IN-02), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to recognize the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture in the United States by designating June 16 through June

Merkley, Cassidy Bipartisan Bill to Address America’s Stillbirth Crisis Nearly Law

June 11, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Louisiana’s U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., today announced their bipartisan Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act unanimously passed the Senate and now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. The bill will help bring down the shockingly

House Passes the WIPPES Act

June 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2964, the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act. Sponsored by Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI), the bipartisan, bicameral WIPPES Act would require the Federal Trade Commission to create a uniform label for products that have and/or require a “Do

Wyden, Merkley Join Bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act to Help Local News Overcome Persistent Postal Delays, Surging Rate Increases

May 23, 2024

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would help local news outlets overcome their current crisis by providing incentives to ensure reliable postal service and limit excessive rate increases. The Deliver for Democracy Act comes in the wake of

Merkley: TSA’s Facial Recognition Regime Continues to Lack Proper Congressional Oversight

May 10, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after the Senate voted last night to pass the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act without a vote on his amendment to address the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) use of facial recognition technology: “Facial surveillance creates the

Merkley Joins Senate Colleagues in Calling on Postal Service to Pause Planned Changes to Mail Delivery Network

May 9, 2024

Senators Urge USPS to Request a Comprehensive Assessment of Proposed Changes from its Regulator and Address the Results Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a bipartisan letter led by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Jacky Rosen