Etiqueta: Natural Resources and Rural Development

Merkley y Wyden presionan para obtener apoyo federal en la recuperación de las inundaciones del condado de Harney.

Washington, D.C. – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, instan al presidente Trump a aprobar con urgencia la solicitud de Asistencia Individual (AI) presentada por la gobernadora de Oregón, Tina Kotek, ante la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) para apoyar a la comunidad del condado de Harney en su recuperación tras las peores inundaciones de la historia.

Merkley, Wyden y Hoyle presionan para que se declare el estado de emergencia federal en respuesta a las graves inundaciones.

Washington, D.C. – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, junto con el representante Val Hoyle (OR-04), solicitan la pronta aprobación de la solicitud de la gobernadora de Oregón, Tina Kotek, para que la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) emita una Declaración de Desastre Mayor. Esta iniciativa surge como respuesta a las devastadoras inundaciones y otros daños.

Merkley to Burgum: Our Public Lands Are Not for Sale

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

Heinrich, Murray, Klobuchar, Merkley Slam USDA for Evasive Response on Wildfire Mitigation Projects, Workforce Cuts, and Funding Freezes

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

Merkley Remarks at Department of the Interior Budget Hearing with Secretary Burgum

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,

Merkley, Crapo Lead Bipartisan Effort to Expand Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Idaho’s U.S. Senator Mike Crapo today teamed up to introduce the bipartisan Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Program Reauthorization Act of 2025. This legislation would reauthorize and expand the CFLR program, which helps fund collaborative and community-based forest management. The CFLR program has a

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