Merkley, Schumer, Top Senate Democrats with Jurisdiction Over Trump’s Gilded Ballroom Boondoggle Call on Watchdog to Conduct a Full Audit of the Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Martin Heinrich
Merkley, Matsui, Kiggans Champion Bipartisan Legislation to Keep America’s Nurses and Patients Safe
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), announced the reintroduction of their Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act. To tackle staffing-related challenges, nurses are often forced to work mandatory overtime beyond their scheduled shift, which can endanger the safety
Merkley, Risch Lead Bipartisan Push to Strengthen the United States’ Commitment to Tibet
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) partnered with Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to lead the introduction of the Assuring the Future of Tibet Act. The bipartisan bill would strengthen U.S. engagement with the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the democratically elected representative of
MERKLEY, COLLINS, PELTOLA, AND MCCLAIN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL LEGISLATION TO WIPE OUT NON-FLUSHABLES FROM OUR WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Thursday, April 27, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Maine’s U.S. Senator Susan Collins and U.S. Representatives Mary Peltola (D-AK) and Lisa McClain (R-MI-09) to introduce the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral bill aims to address heath, ecosystem,
MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE OVER $2 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR FISH PASSAGE PROJECTS
Thursday, April 27, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is awarding Oregon a total of $2,039,061 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support fish passage projects in Benton, Crook, Douglas, and Lane Counties. This funding will
WYDEN, MERKLEY: $3.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR DROUGHT TO FOCUS ON KLAMATH BASIN
Interior Department resources are the latest investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s overall $162 million for the basin Thursday, April 27, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that the Klamath Basin will be the focus of an additional $3.7 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for
MERKLEY, DAINES JOINT STATEMENT ON ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO SAFE BANKING ACT
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Montana’s U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement after the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2023: “The introduction of the SAFE Banking Act puts us on a path to move through the
WYDEN, MERKLEY: NEARLY $500,000 TO BURNS PAIUTE TRIBE FOR COMMUNICATIONS TOWER
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that the Burns Paiute Tribe will receive nearly $500,000 from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program to build a resilient communications tower that will help with rural broadband connection. “The future for rural Oregon depends
OREGON DELEGATION URGES COMMERCE TO DECLARE FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER IN OREGON
The National Marine Fisheries Service is already expected to close all Oregon commercial ocean fisheries for Chinook salmon through August Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Val Hoyle, and Andrea Salinas said today they