Nearly 600 Canceled Contracts Included Those Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Access Health Care and Benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined 16 Senate colleagues to demand the Trump administration reverse its cancellation of 585 contracts with the Department of
Letter laments that Rubio is cutting support to groups that aided his legislative profile, including their Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ***Text of Letter Here (PDF)*** WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to restore funding to non-governmental
Layoffs at the Roseburg VA are threatening the delivery of medical supplies Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to blast Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins’ plans to cut more than 80,000
Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., today led Senate colleagues, including Senator Jeff Merkley, in a letter to Donald Trump reaffirming Congress’ authority to maintain trade restrictions on the Russian Federation while it continues its war of aggression against Ukraine. “Vladimir Putin is a ruthless dictator
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley tonight issued the following statement after President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress: “We cannot have business as usual while Trump and his unelected billionaire co-president Elon Musk are gutting many parts of the government that help working families thrive. The
Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 19, 2025) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) with Congressmen Don Beyer (VA-08) and John Garamendi (CA-08), co-chairs of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to replace the 2010
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley — a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – and Ron Wyden joined an effort led by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) that raises the alarm of the growing chaos and dysfunction at the U.S. Department of State and the Trump
Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregon, Jeff Merkley, emitió hoy la siguiente declaración en respuesta al Inspector General del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de los EE. UU., Joseph Cuffari, que inició una investigación sobre el uso de datos biométricos faciales por parte de la Administración de Seguridad del Transporte (TSA): “Solo tenemos una cara, y todos los que valoran la privacidad, la libertad,
Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense de Oregón Jeff Merkley y el senador estadounidense de Alaska Dan Sullivan lideraron hoy una legislación bipartidista que eleva y afirma los derechos humanos de los mongoles del sur en la República Popular China (RPC). La Ley de Política de Derechos Humanos de los Mongoles del Sur haría que fuera política de los EE. UU. defender la preservación de la cultura y
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that they joined Senate Democrats in introducing a resolution honoring the service of women in combat roles in the U.S. Armed Forces. The resolution comes as President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense (DoD), Pete
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