Etiqueta: Education

Merkley, Wyden y 38 senadores luchan contra los recortes de Trump al programa Job Corps

9 de junio de 2025

En Oregon, Tongue Point, PIVOT y Springdale Centers en riesgo Washington, DC – Mientras la Administración Trump intenta cerrar el programa de capacitación laboral más grande del país para jóvenes de bajos ingresos y en riesgo, los senadores estadounidenses de Oregon Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden y 38 colegas del Senado exigieron a la Secretaria de Trabajo de los EE. UU., Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Merkley SLAMS Trump Ed. Secretary McMahon for Gutting Student Programs: “Profoundly Disturbing”

June 4, 2025

Senator Merkley questioned Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about gutting critical college-support and financial aid programs for first-generation college students during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on June 3, 2025.

Durante el Mes Nacional de la Enfermería, Merkley, Collins, Baldwin y Blackburn impulsan un proyecto de ley bipartidista para apoyar a la fuerza laboral de enfermería de Estados Unidos.

23 de mayo de 2025

Joyce, Bonamici, Underwood y Kiggans lideran la versión del proyecto de ley en la Cámara de Representantes. Washington, D.C. – El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, la senadora estadounidense de Maine, Susan Collins, la senadora estadounidense de Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin, y la senadora estadounidense de Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn, junto con los representantes estadounidenses Dave Joyce (R-OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) y Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), marcaron

Merkley Statement After Republican Reconciliation Bill Passed Out of the House

22 de mayo de 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following House passage of the Republican reconciliation bill. “House Republicans have just passed Trump’s so called ‘big, beautiful bill.’ There is nothing beautiful about it. It is: families lose, billionaires

Senators Kim and Merkley Lead Effort to Revive Invaluable Federal Pipeline Program of Top Talent into Public Service

May 15, 2025

As program alumni, Senators Kim and Merkley introduce the TALENTS Act to defend the Presidential Management Fellows program after President Trump canceled this crucial tool for good governance. WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) led his first bill in the U.S. Senate, with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), to codify

Merkley, Wyden Blast Trump Administration’s Attacks on Head Start, Demand RFK Jr. Immediately Release Funding and Reverse Firings

April 30, 2025

42 lawmakers write to RFK Jr. demanding answers on Trump admin’s actions undermining Head Start as Trump reportedly plans to eliminate the program Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling out the Trump Administration’s

Oregon Delegation Denounces Trump Administration’s Attacks on Humanities Funding

April 11, 2025

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led his Democratic colleagues in the Oregon delegation—Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—in slamming federal funding cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) following a majority of the agency’s entire staff being placed on paid administrative leave and cuts to more

Wyden, Merkley Demand RFK Jr. Reverse Mass Firings at Head Start, Office of Child Care

April 4, 2025

Senators to Secretary Kennedy: “The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services…with no clear planning nor considerations for how early childhood services will be impacted” Washington D.C.— U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said today they are joining

Oregon Delegation Pushes to Preserve Support for Public Libraries and Museums

April 3, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led his Oregon delegation colleagues—Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—in sounding the alarm over potential federal funding cuts at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which comes as the agency’s entire staff was recently placed on administrative leave.

Merkley, Kaine Launch Effort to Protect and Strengthen Federal Student Loan Repayment Options

April 1, 2025

Washington, D.C. – With affordable student loan repayment options at risk under the Trump Administration, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today led their colleagues to launch a new effort to protect and expand federal student loan repayment programs. The Savings Opportunity and Affordable Repayment (SOAR)