Merkley, Padilla Lead Senate Colleagues to Urge Education Department’s Timely Execution of Federal Education Programs for Agricultural Farmworker Students
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and California’s U.S. Senator Alex Padilla today led a group of Senators in urging U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to ensure the timely delivery of federal funds for the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) and College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), which
Wyden, Merkley, Senate Democrats Unveil Plans to Lower Health Costs Amid Trump’s Broken Promises to Americans
Amid Republican Attacks on Health Care That Raised Premiums and Worsened Coverage, Senate Democrats Offer Path to the Next Generation of Health Reforms to Benefit American Families Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and eleven Senate Democrats – including Senator
Wyden, Merkley Demand Transparency from Meta on Facial Recognition Technology in Smart Glasses
Senators: “The deployment of facial recognition technology in smart glasses risks entrenching a system in which Americans are routinely scanned, catalogued, and analyzed as they move through daily life — an outcome fundamentally incompatible with a democracy.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) today
Merkley Introduces Legislation to Ensure No American Loses Power, Heat, Water or Internet Service Due To a Missed Payment During Pandemic
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is introducing the Maintaining Access to Essential Services Act of 2021—legislation that would create a new program to protect all Americans’ access to power, heat, water and internet service during the coronavirus crisis and ensure that these critical home utilities are not
Merkley, Padilla Introduce Legislation to Help Strengthen Community Partnerships Needed for Equitable, Effective Transportation Projects
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) today to introduce the Community Decision-Making Pilot Program Act—legislation to create a pilot grant program to support partnerships between planning organizations and community-based groups to ensure that new transportation projects are equitable and effective.
Wyden, Merkley: Lane Electric to Receive $3.7 Million FEMA Grant for Repairs from 2019 Winter Storm
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Lane Electric Cooperative will receive a $3.72 million federal grant for repairs from the February 2019 snowstorm that left more than 100,000 customers without power and caused severe damage to the utility’s power distribution lines and systems.
Wyden, Paul, Merkley Introduce Bill to Update Regulations to Ensure Equal and Safe Access to Hemp-derived CBD Products
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today introduced legislation to ensure hemp-derived CBD products are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) like other legal products used in dietary supplements, foods and beverages – an action that is essential to protecting consumer safety and treating hemp producers fairly. Currently,
Merkley Co-Chairs First CECC Hearing to Highlight Grave Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Beijing Olympics
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—who serves as the Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—co-chaired the Commission’s first hearing of the 117th Congress today to discuss steps Americans and American companies can take to use the
Wyden, Merkley Support Title X Rule to Reverse the Trump Administration’s Gag Rule
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined colleagues in a letter urging Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra to quickly finalize the proposed rule for the Title X family planning program that would reverse the Trump Administration’s gag rule, commit to health
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