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
Krishnamoorthi, Bynum, Merkley, Booker Urge EPA to Begin Monitoring Microplastics in America’s Drinking Water
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Tuesday led a bicameral letter, joined by 53 of their colleagues, urging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to add microplastics to the agency’s recently published Sixth Unregulated Contaminant
Merkley Joins Bipartisan Push to Help Teachers and First Responders Achieve Homeownership
Washington, D.C. –Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced he joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in supporting the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, legislation to help teachers and first responders buy homes in the communities they serve. “Across Oregon, teachers and first responders are vital
SENATORS MARKEY AND MERKLEY ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO GUARD AGAINST MIDDLE-EAST ARMS RACE, STOP SAUDI ARABIA FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Washington (October 22, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), members of the Foreign Relations Committee, today announced the Stopping Activities Underpinning Development in Weapons of Mass Destruction (SAUDI WMD) Act. In a September Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the Middle East, Senator Markey pressed the
Merkley Slams Senate Judiciary Committee Rule-Breaking Vote to Force Through Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement today slamming Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and his Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee for breaking committee rules to ram Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination through a committee vote: “Today, yet again, Mitch McConnell and the
Merkley Introduces Pair of Bills to Protect American Lives and Livelihoods from Climate Chaos
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced a pair of bills to protect the long-term health and well-being of the American people and their economy from the catastrophic effects of climate chaos, by tackling the risky financial investments that are fanning its flames. Companies around the world
Wyden, Merkley Co-sponsor Heroes Small Business Lifeline Act
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today co-sponsored a new comprehensive package of measures that would provide more than $370 billion to the hardest-hit, most vulnerable small businesses in Oregon and nationwide. Both senators said the HEROES Small Business Lifeline Act is a must to respond to the economic fallout
RUBIO, MERKLEY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Taiwan Relations Reinforcement Act, which seeks to update U.S. policy toward Taiwan to better reflect the realities on the ground. Specifically, the bipartisan bill would strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan by creating an interagency
Senator Merkley, Congressman Levin Introduce Legislation to End U.S. Sale of Gasoline-Powered Vehicles by 2035
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Mike Levin (D-CA-49) today introduced in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020, path-breaking legislation that would create jobs, improve health, and address climate chaos by ending American sales of new gasoline-powered
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