Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor about Republicans’ failure to govern and the long backlog of important issues that Congress is overdue to address, including the Children’s Health Insurance Program, protections for DREAMers, Community Health Centers, disaster relief, and setting 2018 budget caps.
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to call for a long-term solution to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – a program that helps guarantee health care for nine million children across America.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today led more than three dozen U.S. Senators, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in sharply criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to reopen offshore drilling leases three years ahead of schedule. This decision puts vast stretches of coastline along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement about Rep. Bob Jenson, who served in the Oregon Legislature for nine terms. He died Saturday. “I am honored to have served with Rep. Bob Jenson in the Oregon Legislature. Bob was a good friend; it was always wonderful
Portland, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley will hold town halls in Curry and Josephine counties on Monday, Jan. 15. He will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. “In our
Portland, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley will hold town halls in Marion, Lincoln and Washington counties on Saturday, Jan. 13. He will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. “In
Portland, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley will hold town halls in Wasco, Hood River and Multnomah counties on Sunday, Jan. 14. He will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America.
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, Governor Kate Brown, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici on Friday called on Congress to stop holding hostage the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and to pass the bipartisan bill that would reauthorize the program. “The fact that CHIP is being used
A proposal that could open up oil drilling in Oregon and Washington has a lot of people asking questions. Where might it happen? What’s the likelihood of it happening? The Trump Administration’s proposal this week to open up previously protected areas to offshore drilling for oil has drawn harsh criticism
PORTLAND, Ore. – Gov. Kate Brown, Sen. Jeff Merkley and Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici on Friday called on Congress to stop holding hostage the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and to pass the bipartisan bill that would fund the program. “Children’s health care is too important to play political games with,” Governor Brown said.
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