WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement today following the historic inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: “In the midst of one of the darkest winters in American history, today is cause for celebration and resolve. Today, our nation begins the
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the city of Cascade Locks has earned a$2.4 million federal investment to make power supply infrastructure improvements that will help support business growth in Hood River County. The news follows a letter to the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) from Wyden
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday morning and Oregon leaders responded to the moment. Here’s a look at what they had to say: Gov. Kate Brown (D-Ore.): “Today marks a new chapter for our country as we welcome President Joseph R. Biden
Gov. Kate Brown hailed the inauguration of Joe Biden as the nation’s 46th president and Kamala Harris as the first woman and first woman of color to serve as vice president, describing it as “an extraordinary moment.” Brown, a fellow Democrat, said she looked forward to working with the new administration to address the
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and incoming Chair of the Senate Rules Committee Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today announced that the Senate Democratic majority’s first bill in the new Congress will be Merkley’s For the People Act, comprehensive legislation to strengthen and
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—released the following statement today after the U.S. State Department finally recognized China’s genocidal behavior in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Merkley had previously urged the State Department to
Senate Democrats are making a sweeping democracy reform package the first bill they plan to introduce after taking back the majority. Incoming Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and incoming Rules Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Tuesday that the first bill Senate Democrats will offer will be the For The People
After Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections, they introduced and passed the For the People Act as H.R. 1 — the first bill of their majority. It aimed to restore voting rights, reform campaign finance laws and enhance ethics enforcement. Senate Democrats have
When faced with the heart-wrenching accounts of children systematically separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump administration officials routinely relied on the same defense: that the enforcement of their so-called zero tolerance policy did not aim to break up families. If those separations did happen, they often said, it
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement today after the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a disturbing report confirming that the Trump administration knew their zero tolerance policy would lead to family separations: “In 2018, the Trump administration’s heinous
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