{"id":21321,"date":"2025-01-22T08:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21321"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:21:21","slug":"senator-merkley-opens-senate-hearing-on-russell-voughts-omb-nomination-opening-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senator-merkley-opens-senate-hearing-on-russell-voughts-omb-nomination-opening-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Merkley Opens Senate Hearing on Russell Vought\u2019s OMB Nomination \u2013 Opening Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Senator Merkley Opens Senate Hearing on Russell Vought\u2019s OMB Nomination \u2013 Opening Statement\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/khLQlEzpuLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Merkley gave an opening statement at Russell Vought\u2019s nomination hearing on January 22, 2025. 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