Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds Luján and Warnock are the Only two Head Start Alumni to Serve in the U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led 19 Senate colleagues
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and US Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice-Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following joint
Washington, D.C. – As the Trump Administration blatantly tries to weaponize federal funding and misuse official government communications channels for partisan propaganda purposes, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Jack Reed, both senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led 22 Senate colleagues—including Oregon Senator Ron Wyden—in
Washington, D.C. – El senador estadounidense por Oregón, Jeff Merkley, y el senador estadounidense por Georgia, el reverendo Raphael Warnock, encabezaron un grupo bipartidista de 34 senadores que exigieron a la secretaria de Educación, Linda McMahon, y al director de la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto (OMB), Russell Vought, la liberación inmediata de fondos cruciales para los programas TRIO, un programa de larga data.
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, el senador estadounidense de California, Alex Padilla, y la representante estadounidense Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) lideraron hoy a 26 legisladores para exigir al director de la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto (OMB), Russell Vought, y a la secretaria de Educación, Linda McMahon, la liberación inmediata de 1.240.000 dólares para el programa de Equivalencia de Bachillerato.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Janelle Bynum (OR-05) led their Oregon delegation colleagues—Senator Ron Wyden and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Maxine Dexter (OR-03)—in demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) follow the law and immediately reverse its termination of an $86.6 million federal award to Oregon under the Solar
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said today he is leading Senate colleagues, including Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in requesting a detailed analysis of how Republican-led cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will affect Americans’ health insurance plans. “We are deeply concerned about the impacts of actions that Trump and Republicans
Washington, D.C. – As the Senate considers bipartisan legislation to set funding for a portion of the federal government, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley offered an amendment to reaffirm that bipartisan funding agreements made by Congress cannot be undone by the Administration or partisan maneuvers in Congress. Merkley offered an amendment
For Years, Republicans Have Held the Debt Ceiling Hostage, Continually Putting the United States’ Credit at Risk WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and U.S. Representative Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, introduced legislation that
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the final version of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that was signed into law will increase the debt by
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