Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
Associated Press A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers’ privacy and civil liberties. In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14 lawmakers called on Senate leaders to use the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Aviation
Biden Faces Pressure to Lead on Combating Plastics Pollution
Bloomberg Government The Biden administration has come up short in advocating meaningful steps in international talks toward curbing harmful plastic pollution, a leading Senate Democrat says. The government, led by the State Department in talks with other countries to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution before the end
Wyden, Merkley Announce $345,000 for Klamath Falls Recycled Water Supply
Gorge News Center Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that Klamath Falls will receive $345,000 in federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to help conserve groundwater and increase supply of recycled potable water. “Rural communities in Oregon depend on water for everything from
Merkley draws full house in Mac
Single-payer health insurance got a major thumbs up from a packed town hall U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley hosted Sunday in McMinnville. Not proving so popular were illegal immigration, AIG and insurance companies. The tradition was launched in the 1990s, when U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden kept a campaign promise to hold
Wyden, Merkley put appropriation requests online
WASHINGTON – Oregonians were invited Friday to start reviewing and commenting on fiscal year 2010 appropriations requests received by the offices of U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). The first wave of appropriations requests received by the two offices — for the Commerce, State, Justice and Defense appropriations
Merkley has first White House chat
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley wasn’t disappointed by his first White House meeting with President Barack Obama. Senate Budget Committee members, including Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, met with Obama on Wednesday to discuss next year’s plan for federal spending. “It was a pretty cool thing with him sitting there
A glimpse at Merkley’s new life in the Senate
WASHINGTON – My colleague Charles Pope and I sat down for breakfast with Sen. Jeff Merkley Wednesday morning to get at least a glimpse of how the Oregon Democrat is settling into life in the Senate. A glimpse is sort of what you get, given how senators are kept moving
Republican desk becomes a Democrat as Merkley pays tribute to Hatfield
Years ago, when Jeff Merkley was an intern for Oregon’s iconic Mark Hatfield, the running joke was that the Republican senator would one day pull the young and impressionable liberal from his Democratic moorings to “the other side.” Merkley and his family of die-hard Democrats always countered that it would
Editor’s Notebook: Merkley off to a good start with openess, accessibility
Imagine my surprise when I answered the telephone on my desk and heard, “Vicki, this is Senator Jeff Merkley.” There had been no staff member on the phone first, telling me Merkley would be coming on the line. It was the new Oregon senator himself. That’s unusual — and far
English 
Spanish