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
Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Bicameral No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) to introduce the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, a bicameral bill that would level the playing field for American workers and small businesses and help ensure that corporations don’t receive any
Merkley, Wyden Announce $1.8 Million Coming to Oregon for Habitat Restoration and Conservation
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership (LCEP) will be receiving $1,818,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for habitat restoration and conservation through the National Estuary Program. “Climate chaos and human actions are threatening to lead
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Bill Requiring SCOTUS to Follow Code of Ethics
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their Senate and House colleagues to introduce the Supreme Court Ethics Act, requiring the Judicial Conference of the United States to create a code of ethical conduct for the Supreme Court of the United States. The legislation would
Merkley Joins Bipartisan Effort to Address Shortage of Affordable Child Care
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in introducing the bipartisan Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act. Families across the country are struggling to access available child care, with rural communities increasingly becoming “child care deserts” due to the noticeable
Bicameral, Bipartisan TRACK Act Introduced to Provide Transparency into Taxpayer Pharmaceutical R&D Spending—as Vaccine Makers Prepare Price Spikes
Washington, D.C.—Just now, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on
Merkley, Markey, Booker, Warren, Sanders, Call for Immediate Halt of TSA’s Facial Recognition Technology and Practices at U.S. Airports
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today was joined by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in a letter to David Pekoske, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator, calling on TSA to immediately halt its deployment of facial recognition technology.