On July 6, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced $5.4 million in Head Start funding going to Oregon from the American Rescue Plan. Funds will support Head Start programs in Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Morrow,
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and U.S. Representatives Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44), Doris Matsui (D-CA-6), Ann Kuster (D-NH-2), and Yvette Clark (D-NY-9) today to introduce the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Act—legislation to
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—who serves on the Senate Budget Committee and helped negotiate the budget framework announced last night by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s (D-NY)—released the following statement today about the outline for the $3.5 trillion package: “I still live in the same blue collar neighborhood
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked how the Department of Education (DoEd) plans to support student borrowers in default as the scheduled end of paused student loan payments, collections and interest approaches in October. “With student loan and interest payments scheduled to resume
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led a bipartisan group of 14 of his Senate colleagues in pushing leaders of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to include robust funding in the fiscal year 2022 funding bill for the National Guard to support wildland firefighting efforts in
By the numbers, the country’s affordable housing problem is big: • More than half a million people can be experiencing homelessness. • Seven million more affordable homes are needed to fill the gap. • And the ratio between single-family home prices and median household income has climbed steadily — it
A “devastating lack of affordable housing” is something that can no longer be ignored, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said Tuesday as he announced he was unveiling the Affordable Home Act in the Senate. Merkley said housing is something he hears about constantly and is something that must be addressed now.
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-04), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), and Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02), are pushing agencies in charge of federal wildfire response to step up preparedness efforts for the 2021 wildfire season—which could be as bad or
A “devastating lack of affordable housing” is something that can no longer be ignored, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said Tuesday as he announced he was unveiling the Affordable Home Act in the Senate. Merkley said housing is something he hears about constantly and is something that must be addressed now.
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-04), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), today announced that the federal government has agreed to pay 100 percent of the costs associated with debris removal and emergency protective measures following
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