Merkley’s Response to Trump’s Submission of U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress
Washington, D.C. – Following the Trump Administration’s submission to Congress on a proposed U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear cooperation agreement, referred to as a “123 agreement,” Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—issued the
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Reverse Unlawful Cuts to School-Based Mental Health Services
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand the Department of Education disburse funds that were abruptly and unlawfully canceled for School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) and Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration (MHSP) grant programs and halt its attempts to end the grant
Warren, Merkley, Senators Investigate Federal Student Loan Servicer MOHELA for False Delinquency Notices Allegedly Sent to Borrowers
According to reports, MOHELA falsely told borrowers they were thousands of dollars behind on their student loans and nearing default “It is currently unclear how many borrowers received these false notices, whether any borrowers paid the incorrect amounts, and to what extent the issue has been fixed” Text of Letter
MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR FIRE RESILIENCY AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
Friday, June 2, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be investing $10 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to help increase fire resiliency and protect native vegetation on public lands in Oregon. “Dynamic
MERKLEY STATEMENT: “I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR THIS BILL”
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement regarding the legislation Congress is considering this week that would raise the debt limit through 2025 while slashing programs working Americans rely on and gutting environmental reviews for fossil fuel projects: “Since the text
RUBIO, MERKLEY INTRODUCE LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO HOLD THE CCP ACCOUNTABLE FOR CRIMES IN XINJIANG
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 The bipartisan law, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, was a crucial first step to address the egregious acts of genocide committed in Xinjiang by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Congress then passed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to ensure that goods tainted with slave labor would
AHEAD OF CRITICAL NEGOTIATIONS, MERKLEY AND HUFFMAN EXPRESS CONCERN OVER U.S. PROPOSAL TO COMBAT PLASTIC POLLUTION
Thursday, May 25, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) sent a letter to the Biden Administration ahead of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution expressing their disappointment with the lack of United States negotiating stance, signaling that
WYDEN, MERKLEY: CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE EARN $500,000 FEDERAL GRANT FOR WIRELESS CONNECTIONS
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde will receive a $500,000 federal investment to build a fixed wireless network providing high-speed Internet connections to 200 unserved households in their community. “Quality rural broadband is essential
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