Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that more than $7.8 million in federal grants will support efforts to treat and prevent opioid addiction. A release from the Senators said that addiction is one of the state’s most pressing issues as communities across the state face an
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced more than $7.8 million in federal grants that will support efforts to treat and prevent opioid addiction—one of Oregon’s most pressing issues as communities across the state face an increase in opioid-related deaths. “I have heard heart-wrenching
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on Wednesday decried the Trump Administration’s decision to fund a border wall by taking billions of dollars of funding from the Pentagon projects — including more than $10 million for Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls. Merkley is disgusted by the Trump Administration’s complete disregard not
Washington, D.C. – Senator Jeff Merkley was joined by Senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Tina Smith today in announcing the introduction of the Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2019, legislation that helps address three critical topics of concern for American families: lowering monthly energy bills, mitigating climate chaos,
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today demanded answers on a shortage of sponsors to take in children who are awaiting asylum hearings. This shortage, which threatens to keep children locked up in detention centers for months or years on end, appears to have been deliberately caused by the
Oregon’s senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, have condemned President Donald Trump’s administration after they announced Wednesday that the Pentagon would divert funding from military construction projects to finance a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Some of that funding had been approved by Congress to pay for
Today, The Trump Administration announced a decision to divert billions of dollars of funding from military construction projects across the country to be used on the border wall. Two projects at Kingsley Field totaling $10 million are on the chopping block. $2.5 million in fuel facility upgrades and an $8
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today condemned the Trump administration decision to divert funding from congressionally-approved military construction in Oregon and across the country to fund Donald Trump’s border wall. Wyden and Merkley released the following statement: “This decision is both an abuse of presidential authority
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, today pressed TriWest Healthcare Alliance on its implementation of the new urgent care benefit under the VA MISSION Act following reports that veterans in rural Oregon and Idaho are unable to access the benefit. The
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, pressed TriWest Healthcare Alliance Tuesday on its implementation of the new urgent care benefit under the VA MISSION Act following reports that veterans in rural Oregon and Idaho are unable to access the benefit.
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