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
Merkley, Rounds, Panetta, Moore, Carbajal Champion Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Monarch and Pollinator Highways
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and South Dakota’s U.S. Senator Mike Rounds partnered with U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), Blake Moore (R-UT-01), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) to introduce new bipartisan legislation to support pollinator-friendly habitats along roads and highways in states across America. The Roadside Pollinator Program Amendments Act builds
Merkley, Wyden Deliver Over $100 Million for Critical Community Projects Funding Across Oregon
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they secured over $100 million in federal investments for essential community-initiated projects in nearly every Oregon county in both Fiscal Year 2026 packages that recently cleared Congress. Both Merkley and Wyden hold a town hall in each Oregon county
Wyden, Merkley Join Colleagues to Reintroduce Green New Deal Resolution
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they joined colleagues to reintroduce the Green New Deal Resolution (GND), legislation that would address the existential challenge of climate change and create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the process. “Oregonians enduring longer wildfire seasons along
Merkley, Schakowsky, Jayapal and Rush Reintroduce Resolution Recognizing Children’s Fundamental Rights and Need for Climate Recovery Planning on Earth Day
WASHINGTON, DC – Today on Earth Day, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Congressman Bobby L. Rush (IL-01), reintroduced a concurrent resolution in the Senate and House of Representatives to protect the fundamental rights of the nation’s children given today’s climate crisis. Eight
Merkley Secures Key Provisions Underscoring Human Rights and Democracy During Markup of Critical U.S.-China Relations Bill
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and the Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—secured a series of crucial provisions in today’s SFRC Strategic Competition Act markup that will help ensure that American advocacy for human rights and democracy
VIDEO RELEASE: Merkley Pushes Biden Administration to Address Western Wildfires, Affordable Housing Crisis, Urgently Needed Water Infrastructure in American Jobs Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the only member of the Oregon delegation to serve on a congressional Appropriations Committee since Senator Mark Hatfield—urged Biden administration officials during yesterday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to ensure that the American Jobs Plan will include a transformative investment in affordable housing across
Wyden, Merkley Reintroduce Bill to Allow VA to Prescribe Medical Marijuana to Veterans
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined colleagues to reintroduce legislation to allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans in Oregon and the 35 other states that have established medical marijuana programs.
Merkley, Markey, Beyer, Garamendi Lead Congressional Push for More Expansive Nuclear Weapons Talks with Russia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Chairs of a newly formed congressional working group on nuclear weapons and arms control—U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08), and U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-03)—are leading a congressional push urging the Biden administration to re-engage Russia
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