Wyden, Merkley Raise Alarm Over Loss of Mental Health Access in Eastern Oregon
Senators: Trump and congressional Republicans’ budget bill threatens essential mental care for nearly 800 Malheur County residents enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today wrote health care providers serving Malheur County to ask how they’ll ensure nearly 800 residents keep access
BLUMENTHAL, MURKOWSKI & MERKLEY LEAD CALL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT FOLLOWING DOJ’S FAILURE TO RELEASE THE FULL EPSTEIN FILES AS DEMANDED BY SURVIVORS, REQUIRED BY LAW
WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a bipartisan group of senators in writing Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume requesting the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) perform an audit of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)
Merkley, Wyden Announce $960,881 Coming to Wasco County for Distance Learning
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a federal investment of $960,881 for the Dufur School District 29 to support distance learning in Wasco County. With this funding, instructors at Portland Community College in Multnomah County, Baker Technical Institute in Baker County, Columbia Gorge Community
DURBIN, MERKLEY LEAD BICAMERAL COLLEAGUES IN COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSAL TO CODIFY FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Lawmakers submit comment regarding HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement’s proposed rule, “Unaccompanied Children Foundational Rule” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 14 colleagues in submitting a bicameral comment regarding the Department of Health and
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $900,000 Coming to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation for Recycling Programs
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) $915,895 for projects to update and improve the Tribes’ recycling plan, and to focus on practical recycling options that
Wyden, Merkley: Central Oregon Organization Earns $300,000 Federal Grant to Fight Human Trafficking
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that J Bar J Youth Services in Bend has secured a $300,000 federal grant to battle human trafficking. “The crime of human trafficking devastates lives and demands a serious and substantive effort to end it in Oregon and
Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle Announce $833,000 to OSU to Support Oregon Food Safety Outreach
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Representative Val Hoyle today announced a federal investment of $833,127 for Oregon State University to develop food safety outreach programs. “Underserved communities in Oregon and across the nation deserve to know their food is both nutritious and safe
As COP28 Kicks off, Merkley Urges: Don’t Greenwash Liquefied Methane Gas Exports
Merkley: “The world’s failure to fully monitor and account for the methane emission from oil and gas production means that the situation is almost surely even more dire than scientists predict and erodes any climate benefits that liquefied fossil gas (LNG) might bring.” Washington, D.C. – Today, as COP28 gets
In Midst of Busy Travel Season, Merkley, Kennedy, Colleagues Sound Alarm on TSA Collection of Facial Biometric Data
Senators introduce bipartisan legislation to ban collection of biometric data at U.S. airports Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined forces with Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to introduce the bipartisan Traveler Privacy Protection Act.