Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Siphoning At Least $2 Billion from Military Budget for Immigration Enforcement
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate and House colleagues to release a new report detailing the Trump administration’s diversion of funds and resources from the Department of Defense to the Department of Homeland Security for immigration enforcement, and its impact on
Merkley, Wicker, Kiggans, Bonamici Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort to Oppose New Limits on Student Loans for Nurses
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Mississippi’s U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, along with U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), led over 140 bipartisan lawmakers to sound the alarm over a proposed framework by the U.S. Department of Education to declassify nursing degrees as
Merkley, Schiff, Underwood Lead Push to Increase Nursing Education and Workforce Support
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, California’s U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, and Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) introduced the bicameral Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act. In an effort to address nursing workforce shortages around the country, the FAAN Act would authorize grants to increase the number
Merkley, Wyden Announce $1.2 Million in Grants for Tribal Housing Improvements
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $1.2 million in grants will be distributed to the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde to boost critical housing improvement and repair projects. The funding is
Merkley, Wyden Announce Nearly $3 Million in Funding to Boost Albany Transit Service
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the City of Albany will receive nearly $3 million in federal funding to cover operating and administrative transit costs, as well as preventive maintenance costs, in response to the coronavirus crisis. The funding is authorized by the
Merkley Pushes Oregon Employment Department to Answer for Massive Backlog of Unemployment Benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley today pressed the Oregon Employment Department (OED) director on why hundreds of thousands of Oregonians have yet to receive the federal unemployment aid that Congress distributed months ago in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. “There are thousands of
Merkley Slams Trump’s Self-Defeating Retreat from the WHO
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s subcommittee overseeing multilateral institutions, released the following statement after President Trump announced this afternoon that he would cut off U.S. funding for and withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Merkley, Colleagues Demand Education Department Hold Student Loan Servicer Great Lakes Accountable for CARES Act Blunder
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren to lead a group of six senators in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos, raising serious concerns about reports that one of ED’s federal student loan servicers, Great Lakes Educational
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $3.5 Million in Grant Funding for Salem Area Mass Transit District
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Salem Area Mass Transit District will receive over $3.5 million in grant funding for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and the leasing, construction, and acquisition of necessary supporting facilities. “Now is the
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