CBO Tells Merkley: Trump’s Brazen National Guard Deployment to American Cities Has So Far Cost U.S. Taxpayers Upwards of $589 Million
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that President Donald Trump’s brazen decision to deploy National Guard personnel to U.S. cities, including Portland, has cost taxpayers upwards of $589 million to date. If these
Merkley, Durbin, Peters Lead Amicus Brief Urging Circuit Court to Affirm the Critical Protections of Minors in Immigration Detention
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee led a group of 23 Senators in filing an
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
Wyden, Merkley Call for IRS to Provide Penalty Relief for Taxpayers as IRS Faces Extensive Processing Backlogs
Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week joined colleagues to call on the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide penalty relief for taxpayers in Oregon and nationwide amid extensive, ongoing processing backlogs at the IRS. “While the COVID-19 pandemic has strained every
Warren, Merkley Lead Call for Increased IRS Funding As Americans Prepare for 2022 Tax Filing Season
Washington, D.C. — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led their colleagues in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressing concern that persistent underfunding of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will have negative effects on
Wyden, Merkley: More than $1.2 Million to Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal for Service during 2020 Riverside Fire
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that Oregon will receive $1.23 million in federal reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for emergency protective measures in extreme fire conditions and hazardous debris removal from the Riverside Fire that ripped through Clackamas County in September
Merkley, Wyden Announce Major Funding From New Infrastructure Law for Tillamook Bay, Surrounding Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After many years of advocacy on behalf of Tillamook Bay, where infrastructure problems at the Port of Garibaldi impact local residents, commercial fisherman, and tourists, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the allocation of $62 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Wyden, Merkley: $4.5 Million to Oregon Health Care Providers for Relief for Health Care Workers
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that Oregon health care providers in Portland and Northeast Oregon will receive a combined total of $4.5 million from the American Rescue Plan to improve retention and reduce burnout during a critical staffing shortage. “Oregon health care workers
Wyden, Merkley Applaud President Biden for Distributing Free Masks; Urge Federal Officials to Prioritize Purchase & Distribution of American-Made Masks
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week joined Senate colleagues to urge President Joe Biden and congressional officials to prioritize the purchase of masks made in the U.S. with U.S. materials. “Purchasing NIOSH approved N95 respirators and other high-quality masks, such as FDA-authorized surgical masks,
English 
Spanish