WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a $6 million grant to deploy high-speed broadband internet infrastructure in Grant and Wheeler counties—two of Oregon’s most rural, and in greatest need of internet connectivity. The grant is among the first round awarded through the U.S.
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley (D) has joined Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Mike Rounds (R-SD) to introduce new, bipartisan legislation to help states create pollinator-friendly habitats along roads and highways. The legislation would help address the steep decline the Monarch butterfly and other pollinator populations, which poses
Eight Salem teenagers in suits and dress shirts sat around a table in a third-floor office in downtown Salem, tense as they discussed college plans and Thanksgiving break homework. They relaxed once U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley walked in, a few minutes late, wearing blue jeans and an outdoor jacket. After
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on the Trump administration to reject proposed changes to the Fair Housing Act that would effectively eliminate the disparate impact standard, a key tool to root out and eradicate hidden housing discrimination. In a letter to Department
WASHINGTON – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that they have joined 18 of their Senate colleagues on a bipartisan resolution to remove the deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment. Thirty-seven states, of the 38 needed, have already ratified the amendment, which was first proposed in 1972.
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8) on Thursday introduced the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act of 2019 in the Senate and the House. This legislation would close a loophole that allows for-profit colleges to take federal financial aid dollars for students to attend
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader today questioned the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on its role in barriers faced by people seeking death with dignity, including prohibitively high costs and availability of medication prescribed
Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called out the Trump administration’s promotion of junk health care plans on HealthCare.gov. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Oregon
A new report published by the office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) examines President Trump’s crackdown on immigration and refugees seeking asylum in the United States, characterizing his collective string of immigration policy actions as a “gutting” of the country’s asylum system. During a conference call today, Merkley described the series
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called the Trump administration’s promotion of junk health care plans offered on HealthCare.gov. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Oregon senators joined with
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