Merkley Joins Senate Probe of Trump’s Cuts to Child Care for Rural Families
“Trump vowed to lower costs for Americans, yet his administration’s actions…make this [child care crisis] worse.” Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of Senators in announcing a new investigation into how the Trump Administration’s cuts to affordable child care programs are affecting rural families. The
Merkley, Rounds, Panetta, Moore, Carbajal Champion Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Monarch and Pollinator Highways
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and South Dakota’s U.S. Senator Mike Rounds partnered with U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), Blake Moore (R-UT-01), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) to introduce new bipartisan legislation to support pollinator-friendly habitats along roads and highways in states across America. The Roadside Pollinator Program Amendments Act builds
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, WYDEN ANNOUNCE $8.3 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR FLOOD AND WILDFIRE RELIEF
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will be awarded $8,364,460 under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Emergency Relief Program. The funding will be used for road and bridge repairs on Forest Service
MERKLEY, WYDEN, FEDERAL AGENCIES CELEBRATE HISTORIC FUNDING FOR NEW WARM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT
The $28 million in federal investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and government funding package will ensure the Warm Springs community has safe, dependable drinking water Monday, May 22, 2023 Warm Springs, OR – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs celebrated
MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES URGE GREATER ACTION TO TACKLE ILLEGAL, UNREGULATED, AND UNREPORTED FISHING
Monday, May 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led Senators in a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Richard Spinrad, and National Marine Fisheries Service Janet Coit, pushing for a revised proposed rule to
WYDEN, MERKLEY: NEARLY $3 MILLION TO CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION AND BURNS PAIUTE TRIBE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REPAIR CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER
Monday, May 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation and the Burns Paiute Tribe have earned federal grants to build affordable housing and repair a cultural heritage center. “Affordable housing and rehabilitated cultural resources are
MERKLEY, WYDEN, BLUMENAUER, AND BONAMICI ANNOUNCE $6 MILLION COMING TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Friday, May 19, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding the Portland International Airport $6 million under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to update their master plan. “PDX
MERKLEY, HOYLE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO SECURE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR FLIGHT CREWS TO PUMP ABOARD AIRCRAFT
Friday, May 19, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Val Hoyle (D-OR-04) teamed up to introduce bicameral, bipartisan legislation to address the urgent need for clear rules and regulations allowing flight crews to safely pump breastmilk aboard aircraft. With the PUMP Act of 2022 included in the
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