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. New City Hall 101 Dewey Street Moro, OR 97039
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representative Bill Foster, D-Ill., today led a bicameral group of 80 other colleagues including U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. in urging Donald Trump not to resume explosive nuclear testing after a 28-year hiatus. This letter comes in response to reports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement announcing his support and co-sponsorship of new legislation drafted by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA-37), and House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY-10) to tackle police
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with 99 of his colleagues in the Senate and in the U.S. House of Representatives, is demanding answers from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials regarding the agencies’ involvement with the ongoing protests against police brutality.
WASHINGTON, DC — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, who serves as a member of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced that it will waive critical environmental laws like the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, under the ruse of
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced legislation, the National Police Misconduct Database and Transparency in Hiring Act, that would create a national database of police misconduct to create greater oversight and accountability across America. This legislation would help ensure that police officers who have been removed
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined with colleagues in urging congressional leadership to include funds in future legislation that ensures college and university students with the greatest financial need in Oregon and nationwide have access to high-speed internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even before the
Oregon’s Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined Senator Patty Murray of Washington State on Thursday, to introduce a bill that would address “the child care crisis worsened by coronavirus” in Oregon and across the country, by creating a $50 billion Child Care Stabilization Fund.A release said the legislation, called
If a police officer behaves badly in one place, new legislation would let police departments elsewhere — and the US public — know all about it. “We can’t legislate away racism or wave a wand to change culture,” US Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, said Friday, “but we can
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined with colleagues in urging congressional leadership to include funds in future legislation that ensures college and university students with the greatest financial need in Oregon and nationwide have access to high-speed internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even before
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