Press Releases

Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $4.2 Million for Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Centers

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $4,250,606 in federal funding is coming to Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center to support critical health services for uninsured and underinsured Oregonians in Washington and Yamhill counties. “Access to quality health care should never depend on your ZIP

Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement

“Mismanagement of fire management has life-or-death consequences and places billions of taxpayer dollars at risk.”  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment,

MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE $23 MILLION IN USFS INVESTMENTS TO STRENGTHEN AND DEFEND OREGON COMMUNITIES FROM WILDFIRE THREATS

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (USFS) is investing $23.5 million in 10 project proposals in Oregon that will help make communities across the state more resilient to severe wildfires.  The funding is part of the Community Wildfire

MERKLEY, DURBIN, KRISHNAMOORTHI TEAM UP TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM WORTHLESS DEGREES

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) to introduce the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act of 2023. This bill would help protect students from predatory for-profit college schemes by ending federal financial aid for

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