Klobuchar, Heinrich, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns About National Trail Program
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies are
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Release Report of How Private Student Loan Lenders Expect to Profit from Trump’s Big Ugly Bill
Report: “Costly Consequences: How the Trump Administration Unleashed Private Student Loan Lenders” (PDF) Responses from: Citizens | College Ave | Navient | Nelnet | Sallie Mae | SoFi Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a group of Senators in releasing a new report of their investigation into how private student loan lenders will reap the
Senate Foreign Relations Democrats Statement on Reports of Trump Family Bribe from UAE Officials
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement in response to reporting that a company backed by
Wyden, Merkley: Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Receive $269,000 Grant for Water Infrastructure Repairs
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive a $269,000 federal grant to repair its main water line. “These urgently needed resources will help restore a dependable and safe water supply for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs,” Wyden said. “That reliability
Merkley, Wyden Press Trump Administration to Reverse Move Undermining COVID-19 Hospital Data Collection and Reporting
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 44 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, wrote to Vice President Mike Pence and Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx urging the Trump Administration to reverse recent changes to coronavirus reporting data. The changed reporting rules now require hospitals
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Request Support for Outdoor Recreation Economy, Jobs in Next Coronavirus Relief Package
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with ten of their colleagues, are sending a letter to Senate Leadership urging them to include support for outdoor recreation and public land infrastructure jobs in the next COVID-19 relief package. In the letter, the senators note that more investment is needed
Senators, Representatives Announce Legislation to Block Federal Paramilitary Occupations in Portland and Other American Cities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), today announced that they are introducing the Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America’s Streets Act, which would block the Trump
Merkley, Wyden, Blumenauer, Bonamici Demand Federal Forces be Removed from Portland
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, with U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, today blasted federal agencies’ politically-motivated “authoritarian tactics” and demanded that U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf immediately remove their special forces from Oregon. “These
Merkley, Wyden, Blumenauer, Bonamici Call for Investigations into Federal Operatives in Portland
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, with U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, today announced that they will be asking the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offices of Inspector General to investigate the unrequested presence and violent
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