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
Merkley, Whitehouse, Warren, Kaine Sound the Alarm Over Trump Administration’s Plan to End Affordable Student Loan Repayment Program
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today led their Senate colleagues to demand answers from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate affordable student loan
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $2.1 Million Grant for Postsecondary Manufacturing Education at Central Oregon Community College
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $2,187,923 in federal funding is coming to Central Oregon Community College to boost its manufacturing postsecondary education program, expanding the pipeline of skilled workers to meet the needs of local employers while supporting long-term regional economic growth.
Merkley, Whitehouse, Stabenow, Colleagues Release Disturbing Report on How Special Interests Have Blocked Climate Action in the Courts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), today led the release of an extensive report detailing the process by which the powerful and the privileged have captured America’s judicial courts—and the detrimental impacts that manipulation has already unleashed
Merkley, Whitehouse, Stabenow, Colleagues Release Disturbing Report on How Special Interests Have Blocked Climate Action in the Courts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), today led the release of an extensive report detailing the process by which the powerful and the privileged have captured America’s judicial courts—and the detrimental impacts that manipulation has already unleashed
Merkley Announces Opposition to Confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett After Alarming Hearings
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the conclusion of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings: “Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Senate Republicans broke 230 years of precedent by rushing to fill a Supreme Court vacancy while Americans were already casting their ballots in
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Tribal Broadband Application Deadline
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 11 of their Senate colleagues, have introduced a bill to expand the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window to allow Tribal Nations and Native Hawaiian organizations the time they need to apply for
Merkley, Wyden Announce $1.7 Million in Funding for Economic Development in Eight Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that eight rural communities throughout Oregon will be receiving $1.7 million in federal funding to create jobs, upgrade essential facilities, and improve quality of life. The funding, which is being administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Under Pressure From Merkley and Colleagues, USDA Agrees to Extend School Nutrition Program Through End of 2020-2021 School Year
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today applauded the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to extend school meal waivers through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. The announcement follows a pressure campaign by Merkley and his colleagues, which included multiple letters to the USDA, urging
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