Wyden, Merkley Ask State Data Center Advisory Committee to Consider Multiple Issues Raised by Oregonians
Oregon senators: “Several issues have been raised by constituents regarding responsible data center development with our offices, ranging from local to state to federal jurisdiction.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today wrote Gov. Tina Kotek’s data center advisory committee to convey concerns both senators have
Peters, Schumer, Murray & Merkley Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding OMB Rescind Rule Giving President Sweeping Power to Politicize Federal Grants
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader; Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, led the entire Senate Democratic caucus in demanding
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Employees Attacked for Exercising their Right to Free Speech
Senators’ effort comes on one-year anniversary of “Declaration of Dissent” letter and follows recent revelations that EPA legal counsel advised against disciplinary action due to employees’ First Amendment rights Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in pressing the Trump administration to reverse disciplinary actions
Merkley, Murray, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Put Politics Aside, End Plans to Hold Critical Public Health Resources Hostage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) led Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) in pressing the Department of Health
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge State Department to Bolster Efforts to Protect Journalists
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with nine of their Senate colleagues, are pushing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Trump administration to increase efforts to protect journalists around the world, and hold foreign leaders accountable for suppressing freedom of the press. The
Wyden, Merkley: Oregon Company Secures $70 Million Federal Contract for Air Tankers to Fight Wildfires
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that Hillsboro-based Erickson Aero Tanker has earned a $70.5 million federal contract for next-generation large air tanker services to support wildland firefighting in Oregon and nationwide. “The blazes that devastated so much of Oregon this year unfortunately provide the latest
Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Designate Uyghur Human Rights Abuses by China as Genocide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—along with U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), James Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ben Cardin (D-MD)—yesterday introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate human rights abuses perpetrated by the People’s Republic of China against the Uyghur people and other ethnic
Merkley Blasts Rule-Breaking Supreme Court Confirmation Stacking Court and Warns of Backlash
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement today slamming President Trump and Senate Republicans for the dangerous and rule-shattering nomination and confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court: “Senate Republicans have broken rules and shattered precedents to stack the Supreme Court
RUBIO, MERKLEY, CORNYN, CARDIN RENEW REQUEST FOR FORMAL PUBLIC DETERMINATION ON CHINA’S ATROCITIES IN XINJIANG
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewing their request for the State Department to issue a formal determination of whether the atrocities being committed in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous