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Merkley, Kaine, Warren, Whitehouse, Colleagues Demand Secretary McMahon Provide Flexibility to Student Loan Borrowers Who Are Being Forced to Exit the SAVE Plan

April 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse led a group of their Senate Democratic colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Education on its recent announcement to move more than 7

Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley Releases Statement on Republicans’ Push to Pass a Second Unpopular Reconciliation Bill

April 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the below statement following the Senate Republicans’ release of a fiscal year 2026 budget resolution to tee up the passage of a second reconciliation bill that would throw up to $140 billion at

Strickland, Merkley Introduce Bill Addressing Toxic Chemical Killing Pacific Northwest Salmon

April 17, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, during Puget Sound Day on the Hill, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Co-Chair of the Puget Sound Recovery Caucus, introduced her 6PPD Task Force Act. The bill creates a Task Force to bridge together federal, state, tribal, and industry voices to coordinate further 6PPD-quinone (6PPD) research and identify a safe alternative. U.S. Representative Emily Randall (WA-06), and Puget Sound Recovery Caucus

Merkley, Warren, Van Hollen, Sanders Probe Trump-Backed Board of Peace’s Plan to Rebuild Gaza with Shady Cryptocurrency

April 17, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley partnered with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to press the Trump Administration over its plans to reportedly develop a US dollar-backed stablecoin for Gaza as part of post-war reconstruction efforts. The Senators raise serious

Republicans Block Senate Democrats’ War Powers Resolution, Once Again Voting to Continue Trump’s Unjustified, Unpopular and Costly Iran War

April 15, 2026

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — In the seventh week of Donald Trump’s unjustified and illegal Iran war, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Andy Kim

Merkley, Van Hollen, Gillibrand Press Interior Secretary Burgum on Failure to Comply with Federal Law on Status of Renewable Projects

April 15, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the top Democrat on the subcommittee that oversees funding for the U.S. Department of Interior—led U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in demanding an urgent update from the Interior Department on the status of renewable energy projects that

Wyden, Merkley Announce More than $48 Million in Secure Rural Schools Funds for Oregon Counties

April 15, 2026

Funding comes after passage of Wyden/Merkley/Crapo/Risch bill to reauthorize Secure Rural Schools Program Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that nearly $48.7 million in federal funding from the U.S. Forest Service for fiscal year 2025 will be coming to Oregon counties following the passage

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senators Booker, Coons, Merkley, Van Hollen Statement on the Third Anniversary of the Sudan Civil War

April 15, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Africa and Global Health Policy Sub-Committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) issued a statement on the

Dexter Leads Oregon Delegation in Resolution Honoring Oregonian Paralympians and Olympians

April 14, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Maxine Dexter (OR-03) introduced a resolution with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, supported by Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Cliff Bentz (OR-02), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Val Hoyle (OR-04), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05) to honor the four Olympic athletes and two Paralympic athletes who represented Oregon in the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. “These talented and accomplished Oregon athletes exhibited the extraordinary potential of human

Six Democratic Senators, including Merkley, Join War Powers Push To Stop Iran War

April 13, 2026

Merkley joins Booker, Kaine, Murphy, Schiff, Baldwin, and Duckworth in filing a new wave of War Powers resolutions forcing a Senate vote to end the Iran War Washington, D.C. — This week, six additional U.S. Democratic Senators — Senators Merkley (OR), Gillibrand (NY), Van Hollen (MD), Kelly (AZ), Warnock (GA), and

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Merkley, Kaine, Warren, Whitehouse, Colleagues Demand Secretary McMahon Provide Flexibility to Student Loan Borrowers Who Are Being Forced to Exit the SAVE Plan

Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley Releases Statement on Republicans’ Push to Pass a Second Unpopular Reconciliation Bill

Strickland, Merkley Introduce Bill Addressing Toxic Chemical Killing Pacific Northwest Salmon

Merkley, Warren, Van Hollen, Sanders Probe Trump-Backed Board of Peace’s Plan to Rebuild Gaza with Shady Cryptocurrency

Republicans Block Senate Democrats’ War Powers Resolution, Once Again Voting to Continue Trump’s Unjustified, Unpopular and Costly Iran War

Merkley, Van Hollen, Gillibrand Press Interior Secretary Burgum on Failure to Comply with Federal Law on Status of Renewable Projects

Wyden, Merkley Announce More than $48 Million in Secure Rural Schools Funds for Oregon Counties

Ranking Member Shaheen, Senators Booker, Coons, Merkley, Van Hollen Statement on the Third Anniversary of the Sudan Civil War

Dexter Leads Oregon Delegation in Resolution Honoring Oregonian Paralympians and Olympians

Six Democratic Senators, including Merkley, Join War Powers Push To Stop Iran War

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