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WYDEN, MERKLEY: NEARLY $3 MILLION TO CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION AND BURNS PAIUTE TRIBE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REPAIR CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER

May 22, 2023

Monday, May 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation and the Burns Paiute Tribe have earned federal grants to build affordable housing and repair a cultural heritage center. “Affordable housing and rehabilitated cultural resources are

Merkley Implores Biden to Stop Republican Hostage Taking on the Deficit by Invoking 14th Amendment

May 22, 2023

Republicans are trying to make the rich even richer and flood the country with fossil fuels while dangling our economy over a cliff. President Biden needs to stop Republican hostage taking and prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to do so. Senator Merkley joined 10 Senate colleagues in urging President

MERKLEY, WYDEN VISIT WARM SPRINGS TO MARK $28 MILLION FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT

May 22, 2023

Senators also announce $8 million housing grant for reservation; Wyden follows with Prineville town hall Monday, May 22, 2023 KTVZ WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and federal officials visited the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Monday to celebrate over $28 million in federal investments

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES MORE THAN $30 MILLION FOR WARM SPRINGS, BURNS PAIUTE TRIBES

May 22, 2023

Most of the money will go toward funding a new water treatment plant for the tribe in central Oregon Monday, May 22, 2023 Oregon Capital Chronicle The state’s two U.S. senators visited the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs reservation in central Oregon on Monday to celebrate a $28 million federal

MERKLEY, WYDEN, BLUMENAUER, AND BONAMICI ANNOUNCE $6 MILLION COMING TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

May 19, 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding the Portland International Airport $6 million under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to update their master plan. “PDX

MERKLEY, HOYLE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO SECURE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FLIGHT CREWS TO PUMP ABOARD AIRCRAFT

May 19, 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Val Hoyle (D-OR-04) teamed up to introduce bicameral, bipartisan legislation to address the urgent need for clear rules and regulations allowing flight crews to safely pump breastmilk aboard aircraft. With the PUMP Act of 2022 included in the

MERKLEY ANNOUNCES MAY TOWN HALLS

May 19, 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he is continuing to hold in-person town halls in 2023 with community conversations in five Oregon counties in May: Malheur, Baker, Union, Wallowa, and Umatilla Counties. “I hold a town hall for every Oregon county, every

SENATORS ADVANCE KEY OUTDOOR RECREATION PRIORITIES FOR OREGON

May 19, 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 KQEN As Oregonians gear up for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, on Wednesday the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced, on a bipartisan vote, bills authored by Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley that they believe would make the outdoors more accessible, support the

NEWS: AS REPUBLICANS DEMAND MAJOR CUTS TO HURT WORKING AMERICANS, 11 SENATE DEMOCRATS URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO PREPARE TO INVOKE THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO AVOID DEFAULT

May 18, 2023

Thursday, May 18, 2023 WASHINGTON, May 18 – As Congressional Republicans demand major cuts that would cause incalculable damage to the lives of working Americans, 11 Senate Democrats sent a letter on Thursday to President Joe Biden urging his administration to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to avoid a

MERKLEY INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO HELP KEEP RURAL KIDS FED

May 18, 2023

Thursday, May 18, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Feeding Our Rural Kids (FORK) Act, legislation that would amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program to help feed kids in rural communities. The FORK Act is inspired by

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WYDEN, MERKLEY: NEARLY $3 MILLION TO CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION AND BURNS PAIUTE TRIBE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REPAIR CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER

Merkley Implores Biden to Stop Republican Hostage Taking on the Deficit by Invoking 14th Amendment

MERKLEY, WYDEN VISIT WARM SPRINGS TO MARK $28 MILLION FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES MORE THAN $30 MILLION FOR WARM SPRINGS, BURNS PAIUTE TRIBES

MERKLEY, WYDEN, BLUMENAUER, AND BONAMICI ANNOUNCE $6 MILLION COMING TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

MERKLEY, HOYLE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO SECURE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FLIGHT CREWS TO PUMP ABOARD AIRCRAFT

MERKLEY ANNOUNCES MAY TOWN HALLS

SENATORS ADVANCE KEY OUTDOOR RECREATION PRIORITIES FOR OREGON

NEWS: AS REPUBLICANS DEMAND MAJOR CUTS TO HURT WORKING AMERICANS, 11 SENATE DEMOCRATS URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO PREPARE TO INVOKE THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO AVOID DEFAULT

MERKLEY INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO HELP KEEP RURAL KIDS FED

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