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Merkley Statement on USMCA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after voting for the revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement in the Senate Environment and Public Works and Senate Budget Committees this morning: “I come from a blue collar family, and I still live in the same blue collar community

Merkley seeks to expand worker breastfeeding protections

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joined by Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), announced Thursday the introduction of bipartisan legislation to provide salaried employees in traditional office environments—a group of approximately 13.5 million executive, administrative, and professional women—with reasonable break time and

Merkley, Wyden and Paul Join Forces for Resolution Against War in Iran

Yesterday, Senator Jeff Merkley, joined by Senator Ron Wyden, announced a bipartisan resolution to underscore that any future war must be considered and authorized by Congress. Specifically, the resolution clarifies that neither the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force passed following the September 11 attacks nor the 2002 Authorization

Port of Newport pier nets $1.2 million grant for construction

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the Port of Newport, Oregon, to support the construction of a new pier, serving the largest commercial fishing fleet in the state. The EDA grant, to be matched with

Senators Propose New Protections For Breastfeeding Workers

Millions of workers who are carved out of breastfeeding protections would gain them under a bipartisan proposal made in the Senate on Thursday. Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced a bill that would extend the right to pump breastmilk on the job to salaried workers who are excluded

Merkley Slams New Trump Proposal to Ignore Climate Impacts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Trump administration announced proposed changes to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) guidelines, and indicated that federal agencies would not be allowed to consider climate impacts when evaluating the environmental impacts of federal infrastructure projects: “With this directive,

Merkley, Murkowski, Duckworth, Booker Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Breastfeeding Protections At Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joined by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to provide salaried employees in traditional office environments—a group of approximately 13.5 million executive, administrative, and professional women—with reasonable break time

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