Merkley, Wyden Tout Nearly $10 Million For Oregon Tribes’ Affordable Housing Efforts
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding a combined nearly $9,917,680 to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the Warm Springs Housing Authority to build more affordable housing
Merkley Statement on Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – the lead Democrat on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee which oversees federal funding for the Smithsonian Institution – released the following statement after the Institution announced Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III would be retiring after a five-decade career as a museum
“America in Jeopardy” Puts Spotlight on Trump’s Corruption, Chaos, and Costs to American Families
Washington, D.C. – In a new video, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley hosts his colleagues Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Tina Smith (D-MN) in presenting the ‘America in Jeopardy’ program. Watch ‘America in Jeopardy’ HERE “We have come together to present this special ‘America in Jeopardy’
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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