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Morrow County Town Hall

Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. Morrow County NULL NULL, OR NULL

Umatilla Town Hall

Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. Umatilla County NULL Pendleton, OR 97801

Wyden, Merkley, Heinrich Introduce Bill to Expand Access to Clean Drinking Water, Safe Sanitation for Underserved Communities

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., today introduced legislation that would expand access to safe sanitation and clean drinking water for rural and underserved communities. “Between historic drought and increasingly outdated infrastructure, Western communities are in desperate need of federal help to

Merkley, Wyden Over $1.5 Million in Federal Funds Headed to Oregon

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $1,524,951.53 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is headed to Oregon to help fund the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) acquisition of five properties in the floodplain. “I saw firsthand how the

Merkley, Wyden, Blumenauer Announce Funding for Earthquake-Resilient Runway at PDX

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden and Representative Earl Blumenauer today announced that Portland’s airport will receive a major federal investment to ensure its runway survives a major earthquake.  The funding was among a range of federal investments in Oregon’s emergency preparedness, public safety, and economic

Merkley Statement on Rohingya Genocide Designation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading voice on the Rohingya crisis—issued the following statement after reports that the U.S. State Department will make a formal determination that the Burmese military has been carrying out a genocide against

Multnomah County Town Hall

Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. Multnomah County NULL NULL, OR NULL

US to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a ‘genocide’

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide,” U.S. officials said Sunday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to make the long-anticipated designation on Monday at an event at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, according to the officials who spoke on

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