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Senator Merkley visits Tillamook for Town Hall

Senator Jeff Merkley visited Tillamook for a town hall on January 14, 2023, fielding questions from a crowd of around 50 citizens who gathered in the Tillamook High School Cafeteria. Merkley discussed a wide variety of topics and struck an optimistic tone about the possibility for bipartisan efforts in the

Oregon Lawmakers Announce More Than $3 Million in New Rental Assistance Funding

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon lawmakers announced that the U.S. Treasury is awarding new rental assistance funding to both the State of Oregon and City of Portland. Oregon Housing and Community Services will receive $2,034,948.16 and the City of Portland will receive $1,107,256.77. The funding comes in the wake of Governor

Sky Lakes partnership is getting Medicare funding for more physician residents

WASHINGTON, D.C. & KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A medical program involving Sky Lakes Medical Center will get physician resident training positions from Medicare funding. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program will receive an equivalent to about three additional physician

Oregon Senator Merkley on CDC’s new Office of Rural Health

People living in rural areas often complain that the people in power forget about them. That’s a lot of people to forget about: 15% of the US population. One of the issues is that health outcomes are poorer in rural areas… people have more health problems, and shorter life spans.

Heart of Cartm Accepts Award from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley

Wheeler, OR – For their dedication to creatively reducing waste in Tillamook County, Heart of Cartm organization accepted an award from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley during his in-person town hall at Tillamook High School last Saturday, January 14, 2023. Senator Merkley presented Jessi Just, Heart of Cartm executive director with

Merkley, McGovern, Kaine Seek Extension from the Biden Administration to Protect Vulnerable Hong Kong Residents in America from Deportation

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA-02) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), today sent a letter to the Biden Administration requesting a minimum 18-month extension to the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program to protect Hong Kong residents living in America from deportation. The

KAINE & MERKLEY STATEMENT ON NEED TO AVERT DEBT DEFAULT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statement after the United States hit its debt limit—the technical limit on how much it can borrow to pay debt incurred over the past few decades—and began extraordinary measures: “Congress has an urgent responsibility

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