Merkley, Wyden Deliver Over $100 Million for Critical Community Projects Funding Across Oregon
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they secured over $100 million in federal investments for essential community-initiated projects in nearly every Oregon county in both Fiscal Year 2026 packages that recently cleared Congress. Both Merkley and Wyden hold a town hall in each Oregon county
Merkley, Whitehouse, Warren, Kaine Sound the Alarm Over Trump Administration’s Plan to End Affordable Student Loan Repayment Program
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today led their Senate colleagues to demand answers from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate affordable student loan
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $2.1 Million Grant for Postsecondary Manufacturing Education at Central Oregon Community College
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $2,187,923 in federal funding is coming to Central Oregon Community College to boost its manufacturing postsecondary education program, expanding the pipeline of skilled workers to meet the needs of local employers while supporting long-term regional economic growth.
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Call on Trump Admin to Immediately Halt Plans to Upend Key Homelessness Program
Ending Continuum of Care Program Could Force 200,000 People Back onto the Streets Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their Democratic Senate colleagues to urge Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner to immediately halt reported plans to make drastic changes to
Wyden, Merkley Push Trump Administration to Release Funds for Heating Assistance for Low-Income Americans
Millions of households await help with their heating bills heading into winter amid skyrocketing energy costs Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they are joining a bipartisan group of senators to push the Trump administration to immediately release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Merkley, Wyden Call on Starbucks CEO to Stop Union-Busting and Negotiate a Fair Contract for Workers
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined colleagues in a letter to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol demanding that the multibillion-dollar corporation stop its illegal union-busting campaign and negotiate a fair contract with its workers. The Starbucks Workers United union represents more than 12,000 workers at
Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Hoyle Demand Trump Administration Explain Big Coast Guard Changes in Newport & Reports of New ICE Facility
Oregon lawmakers urge DHS Secretary Noem to immediately provide the Oregon congressional delegation and state and local officials with a clear explanation of DHS’s actions and intentions in Newport Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Val Hoyle said today they are
Merkley: ICE Raids Across Oregon Terrorize Our Communities
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement in response to escalating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in communities throughout Oregon: “It’s been disturbing to see raid after raid terrorizing our communities with ICE agents violently detaining people solely based on the color
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers from Trump On New “Review” of Mifepristone Despite Decades of Evidence Proving its Safety & Efficacy
Senators Raise Alarm Over Looming Efforts to Restrict Medication Abortion Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues to express alarm over the Trump administration’s plans to conduct “its own review of the evidence” on the safety and effectiveness of the