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Merkley, Murray, Heinrich, Klobuchar Demand Immediate Halt to Forest Service Reorganization, Funding Cuts

June 26, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Huffman, Cohen, Merkley Introduce Bill to Protect Families and Pets from Dangerous Devices

June 26, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Steve Cohen (TN-09), along with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), re-introduced legislation that would ban hazardous cyanide bombs from public lands. Their bill, Canyon’s Law, would protect families, pets, and wildlife from dangerous M-44 ejectors – spring-loaded devices made up of sodium

Merkley, Panetta Lead the Charge to Protect Monarch Butterflies

June 20, 2025

Lawmakers also introduce bipartisan resolution marking National Pollinator Week Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) today teamed up to introduce the Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat (MONARCH) Act. The bicameral bill would help prevent the extinction of the Western Monarch butterfly and

Merkley: Trump Firefighting Reorganization Plan ‘Literally Playing with Fire’

12 de junio de 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the subcommittee that oversees funding for the U.S. Interior Department and U.S. Forest Service, released the following statement after President Trump issued an executive order directing the agencies to reorganize and consolidate wildland firefighting efforts: “Instead of focusing on

Markey, el líder Schumer, Wyden y Merkley publican datos que detallan que cientos de hospitales rurales en EE. UU. están en riesgo debido a los recortes republicanos a la atención médica.

12 de junio de 2025

Más de 300 hospitales rurales corren un riesgo desproporcionado de cierre, conversión o reducción de servicios Los legisladores también proporcionaron datos al presidente Trump, al líder Thune y al presidente Johnson en una carta Carta y datos | Respuesta de Sheps Washington (12 de junio de 2025) – Tras la aprobación por parte de los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes de un proyecto de ley que impondría la mayor

Merkley: El Servicio Forestal está peligrosamente desprevenido para la temporada de incendios forestales

11 de junio de 2025

Washington, DC – El miembro de mayor rango del Subcomité de Asignaciones del Interior y Medio Ambiente del Senado, Jeff Merkley (D-OR), emitió la siguiente declaración después de una audiencia con el jefe del Servicio Forestal de EE. UU., Tom Schultz, sobre la solicitud de presupuesto del Presidente para el año fiscal 2026 para la agencia: “El testimonio del jefe del Servicio Forestal Schultz solo subrayó los inmensos y serios desafíos que enfrentan las comunidades

Trump Forest Service Head ADMITS 1,400 Fire-Certified Employees have been PUSHED OUT

11 de junio de 2025

Senator Merkley pressed Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz on pushing out vital fire-certified personnel ahead of fire season, and called his attempts to slash essential federal support for state, rural, and volunteer fire departments a “violation of trust.” Watch the full hearing here: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2026-budget-request-for-the-united-states-forest-service

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