{"id":25613,"date":"2026-10-15T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=25613"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:52:11","slug":"merkley-statement-on-silver-rail-elementary-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-on-silver-rail-elementary-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Statement on Silver Rail Elementary School Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bend, OR \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued this statement following the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting in Bend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cPlease continue to hold the students, teachers, families, and entire Silver Rail Elementary School community in your hearts as details continue to emerge about the victims. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to the first responders and emergency personnel responding to this horrific shooting.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bend, OR \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued this statement following the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting in Bend: \u201cPlease continue to hold the students, teachers, families, and entire Silver Rail Elementary School community in your hearts as details continue to emerge about the victims. \u201cI am grateful to the first responders and emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":18847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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