Washington, D.C. – Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) issued the following statement after a hearing with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the agency: “Forest Service Chief Schultz’s testimony only underscored the immense, serious challenges facing communities
Washington, DC – Hoy, el senador estadounidense de Oregon, Jeff Merkley, miembro de mayor rango del Subcomité de Asignaciones del Interior y Medio Ambiente del Senado, pronunció las siguientes palabras, tal como se prepararon para su presentación en la audiencia de revisión de la solicitud de presupuesto del Presidente para el año fiscal 2026 para el Servicio Forestal de los EE. UU. con el jefe Tom Schultz: Las palabras del senador Merkley, tal como se prepararon para su presentación en la audiencia de revisión de la solicitud de presupuesto del Presidente para el año fiscal 2026 para el Servicio Forestal de los EE. UU. con el jefe Tom Schultz:
Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, hoy dieron la voz de alarma sobre la propuesta presupuestaria de la Administración Trump de eliminar la financiación federal para el Sistema Integrado de Observación de los Océanos (IOOS) de EE. UU. y socavar a las comunidades costeras, tribus y partes interesadas marítimas de Oregón que dependen de estos datos y pronósticos críticos.
Washington, D.C. – As the Trump Administration moves to recklessly reverse a federal policy protecting America’s national parks and public lands from single-use plastics, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today reintroduced his Reducing Waste in National Parks Act. This legislation would restore a previous federal directive, which Interior Secretary Doug Burgum recently revoked, to keep plastic waste
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are calling on President Trump to urgently approve Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s request for Individual Assistance (IA) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the Harney County community as they continue to recover from the worst flooding the
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04), are calling for swift approval of Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The push comes in response to devastating flooding and other damaging
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, released the following statement after a hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior with Secretary Doug Burgum: “Secretary Burgum testified
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) delivered the following remarks at the hearing reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior with Secretary Doug Burgum: Senator Merkley’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: “Thank you,
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Maine’s U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that their bipartisan, bicameral Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act cleared a key hurdle by passing out of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The WIPPES Act would address
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