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.
WYDEN, MERKLEY: OREGON COUNTIES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $27 MILLION IN PILT FUNDS
Federal resources for all 36 Oregon counties invest in local firefighters, law enforcement, schools, and road construction Friday, June 16, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that all 36 Oregon counties will receive more than $27 million collectively this year from the federal Payments
WYDEN, MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO CODIFY RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION, SAFEGUARD 60 YEARS OF SETTLED PRECEDENT
Friday, June 16, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they and colleagues have reintroduced legislation that would codify and strengthen the right to contraception in Oregon and nationwide. “Right-wing extremists have made their agenda painfully clear: they will not rest until they have control
MERKLEY, WYDEN INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REAUTHORIZE DESCHUTES RIVER CONSERVANCY
Thursday, June 15, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the introduction of the Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act. This critical legislation would reauthorize the Deschutes River Conservancy’s (DRC) eligibility to receive federal funding for water quality and conservation projects—efforts critical to the restoration of
MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE $51 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS
Clackamas County and Wasco County communities to benefit Thursday, June 15, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a total of $51,024,671 in combined loans and grants for deploying fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks in Wasco
WYDEN, MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH DENTAL CARE PILOT PROGRAM FOR VETERANS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
Thursday, June 15, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they and Senate colleagues have introduced legislation that would establish a new pilot program to provide comprehensive dental care to veterans in Oregon and nationwide diagnosed with diabetes and coronary artery disease. Funded for four
GENERATIONS OF INJUSTICE MUST COME TO AN END—MERKLEY, BOOKER, WILLIAMS PUT FORTH LEGISLATION TO CLOSE CONSTITUTIONAL LOOPHOLE
The 13th Amendment’s exception clause permitting slavery as punishment for crime has fueled systemic racism in criminal justice for over 150 years—it is far past time to right this historic wrong Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Washington, D.C. – As Juneteenth approaches, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, New Jersey’s U.S. Senator