SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After passing legislation earlier this year that applied the highest form of environmental protection to tens of thousands of acres and hundreds of miles of rivers in Oregon, Sen. Ron Wyden has returned with a new conservation bill. The Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act, co-sponsored by Sen.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, took questions from audience members, including two middle school students, at a town hall held at Scappoose Middle School on April 27. Asked about how to save Social Security, Merkley presented two potential solutions. “One is to raise the cap on the amount of
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrats, have joined colleagues in introducing the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to permanently ban offshore drilling in federal waters off the coast of Oregon, Washington and California. Last year, the Trump administration released its five-year offshore leasing plan that proposed opening up
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden on Thursday joined colleagues in introducing the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to permanently ban offshore drilling in federal waters off the coast of Oregon, Washington and California. Last year, the Trump administration released its five-year offshore leasing plan that proposed opening up the entire
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the revelation yesterday that another migrant child has died in U.S. custody, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today formally called for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to open an investigation into the circumstances of the boy’s death. “I write with great sadness and urgency
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led a group of 14 Senators today in pressing U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry to reverse course on proposed rule changes that would alter classifications of lightbulbs, effectively rolling back energy efficiency standards and leaving families with higher bills to
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a group of five Senators in questioning whether the Trump Administration inappropriately politicized the State Department’s 2019 report on arms control and nuclear weapons compliance. Merkley was joined in his letter to Secretary
VALE – Oregon’s junior U.S. senator believes America must reinvest in families, improve its health care system, upgrade its infrastructure and boost technical education. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley laid out his aspirations last week in an exclusive interview with the Enterprise shortly before a town hall meeting in Ontario. Merkley,
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has formally called on the Department of Health and Human Services to open an investigation into the death of a migrant child held in U.S. custody. “I write with great sadness and urgency to request a thorough investigation regarding the death of a
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate sponsor of the bipartisan Equality Act, released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee today passed the legislation out of committee by a vote of 22-10 and sent it to the floor for a vote of the full House: “A
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