Adding fuel to the growing outrage over the Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis, a senator wants the Smithsonian to remove the Sackler name from its Asian art museum, saying the family behind the drug company that produces OxyContin “has no place in taxpayer-funded public institutions.” Sen. Jeff Merkley
Senator Jeff Merkley says there’s a major opioid problem across the nation. He introduced a bill, the Opioid Treatment Surge Act, to increase opioid treatment availability, and hold drug companies accountable. Senator Merkley says drug companies have contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. He is proposing
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations hit headwinds Wednesday as senators questioned the impact of her family’s coal fortune on her ability to work on climate issues at the world body. Kelly Craft, the current US ambassador to Canada, acknowledged during
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden and today sought federal disaster assistance for spring storms that hit Curry, Douglas, Grant, Linn, Umatilla and Wheeler counties over a two-week stretch in April. The bipartisan letter from the Oregon lawmakers
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today pressed the U.S. Department of Education over prolonged inaction regarding federal student loan discharge requests, and urged Secretary Betsy DeVos to stand up for victims of predatory college scams, many of which were perpetrated by for-profit colleges. Under the Borrower Defense to
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today led nine of his Senate colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prevent implementation of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) guidance considering cannabis-related activities as a factor for
A bipartisan group of senators called on President Trump to explain his decision to deploy troops to the Middle East and warning that Congress hasn’t authorized military action against Iran. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) spearheaded the letter, which was also signed by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), saying they are “concerned’ that
As a follow-up to the article and interview with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley published in the June 19 edition, here are highlights from his town hall talk June 15 at Wy’east Middle School. Merkley stressed his view that the Senate must take up, and pass, the “For The People Act,”
YACHATS — Legislators are making progress at the national level toward maintaining Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers at their current numbers and under their current administration. On June 12, U.S. Rep. Peter Defazio, D-Ore., testified on the House floor on behalf of the amendment he offered to the “Departments of
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader today announced that the Port of Toledo has earned a federal grant of $261,285 for its Shipyard Vocational Training Lab. The three Oregon lawmakers said the Transportation Department resources for the port’s training lab are
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