Press Releases

Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $4.2 Million for Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Centers

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $4,250,606 in federal funding is coming to Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center to support critical health services for uninsured and underinsured Oregonians in Washington and Yamhill counties. “Access to quality health care should never depend on your ZIP

Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement

“Mismanagement of fire management has life-or-death consequences and places billions of taxpayer dollars at risk.”  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment,

Merkley, Sasse Unveil Urgently Needed Legislation to Crack Down on Online Sexual Exploitation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) today introduced the Stop Internet Sexual Exploitation Act, groundbreaking legislation that would require all online platforms that host pornography to put in place critical safeguards to protect Americans from sexual exploitation online. The introduction follows disturbing

Merkley, Thune Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support America’s Small Food Processors

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced the Strengthening Local Processing Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide much-needed federal support to America’s small meat and poultry processors and help strengthen and streamline their operations. The legislation would give small food processors

Wyden, Merkley, Senators Press Trump Administration On Decision Not to Pre-Order More Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, Need for Transparent Plan Going Forward

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked top Operation Warp Speed officials about recent reports that earlier this year the Trump Administration declined to buy additional doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine when given the opportunity. The letter from Wyden, Merkley and 16 other senators to Dr. Moncef Slaoui, Chief

PHOTO RELEASE: Merkley Discusses Restoring American Leadership on International Stage with UN Ambassador and Secretary of State Nominees Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Antony Blinken

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s subcommittee overseeing multilateral institutions, and a member of the bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CCEC)—released the following statement today after meeting virtually with President-elect Biden’s nominees to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN),

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