Van Hollen, Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Aid Workers in Conflict Zones
WASHINGTON – Today, on Human Rights Day, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation to protect humanitarian aid workers operating in conflict zones. The lawmakers’ legislation, the Commitment to Aid Workers Act, would strengthen U.S. efforts to safeguard those who risk their
Senate Republicans Block Merkley’s Bill to Prevent War with Venezuela
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of his Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act of 2025, which would block federal funds from being used for military actions in Venezuela: “As the Constitution so clearly says, Congress has the power
Senators Blunt Rochester, Merkley, Warnock Introduce Bill to Repair Infrastructure, Bridge Communities
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) today introduced the Restoring Essential Public Access and Improving Resilient (REPAIR) Infrastructure Program Act. The bill would reauthorize and expand the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Reconnecting Communities Program as the REPAIR Infrastructure Program,
As Trump Puts Americans’ Medical Debt Back on Credit Reports, Merkley, Williams, Correa Fight for Patients & Consumer Protections
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today partnered with U.S. Representatives Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Lou Correa (CA-46) to push back against recent efforts by the Trump Administration to roll back federal protections aiming to keep medical debt off Americans’ credit reports. Their Medical Debt Relief Act would ban all medical debt from
UPDATE: Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle: Federal Disaster Relief Coming to Southern Oregon Flooding Recovery
UPDATE 9/5: Merkley, Wyden, and Hoyle sent a letter on September 4th in support of Governor Kotek’s appeal and request for Individual Assistance (IA) and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding for flooding and other incidents that severely damaged Coos, Curry, and Douglas Counties in Oregon between March 13, 2025, and March
Merkley Pushes to Protect Soil, Water Sources Used in Farming from Microplastics
Washington, D.C. – To close out his push throughout July to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today reintroduced his Research for Healthy Soils Act. This legislation would unlock federal funding at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service to conduct research on microplastics in biosolids and help us better understand their potential impacts
Merkley, Cornyn Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Defend Vulnerable Uyghurs from Being Forcibly Returned to PRC
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Texas’ U.S. Senator John Cornyn today teamed up to introduce new bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on foreign government officials involved in the forced deportation of Uyghurs and other at-risk individuals to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Preventing the Forced Return of Uyghurs Act follows reports
Merkley, Wyden Advocate for Affordable Child Care
As Republicans deliver massive tax breaks for billionaires and kick Americans off their health care, Democrats continue their fight to help families find and afford child care Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said today they cosponsored the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $9.6 Million Heading to Oregon to Protect Forests and Advance Wood Product Innovation
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is investing $9,622,000 in 17 projects in Oregon to boost the creation of innovative wood products, develop more markets for uses of mass timber and renewable wood energy, and increase the capacity of
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