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Merkley intros bill to protect jobless workers’ health insurance during COVID-19

September 29, 2020

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with 14 Senate Democrats, has introduced the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act, a bill that would protect millions of unemployed or furloughed workers from losing their health insurance by enabling them to access subsidized COBRA coverage and keep their insurance. The bill would provide a 100

Merkley, Schatz Introduce New Legislation to Provide Automatic Cash Assistance to Struggling Families Recovering from Natural Disasters and Economic Crises

September 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has teamed up with Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) to introduce the Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act, legislation that would create a new permanent program to help families struggling through a natural disaster or economic crisis with immediate cash assistance. As the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear,

Oregon Delegation Calls for Extension of Deadline to Claim Economic Impact Payments

September 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici led the Oregon Congressional delegation – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Greg Walden, and Kurt Schrader – in calling on the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service to extend the deadline to claim Economic Impact Payments

Merkley bill would provide aid to families hit by natural disasters, economic crises

September 28, 2020

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said Monday he has teamed up with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) to introduce the Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act, legislation that would create a new, permanent program to help families struggling through a natural disaster or economic crisis with immediate cash assistance. As the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear, direct

Senators press FEMA for quick action after Oregon wildfires

September 27, 2020

Oregon’s U.S. senators say they will press the Federal Emergency Management Agency and others to step up their efforts to aid people and businesses who lost their property or saw it damaged by the recent wildfires that swept the state after Labor Day. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley concluded

Merkley Slams Illegitimate Trump Supreme Court Appointment, Calls Out Threat to Millions of Americans’ Health Care and Reproductive Rights

September 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald Trump appointed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court approximately five weeks before the presidential election—defying the will of the American people, historical precedent, and Republicans’ own election-year

Senators Wyden and Merkley meet with evacuees on rebuilding

September 26, 2020

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — As of Saturday, all evacuations have been lifted for the Holiday farm Fire and the fire is 45% contained. Now, it’s time to look towards long term recovery. That’s why Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley were in Eugene, meeting with survivors of the Holiday Farm

Oregon’s senators pledge to find if wildfires could have been prevented

September 26, 2020

GATES – The senators had barely gotten out of their cars before being peppered with questions about why the electricity wasn’t shut off. There were many questions asked of U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley in their tours of wildfire damage in Gates and Mill City on Saturday afternoon,

Wyden, Merkley meet with Holiday Farm Fire evacuees Saturday

September 26, 2020

Oregon’s senators met Saturday with evacuees from the Holiday Farm Fire, pledging after hearing their stories that the state’s rural communities won’t be forgotten.  U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley met with some of the fire’s victims at the Lane County Events Center, which is serving as a resource center

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