Wyden, Merkley Demand Investigation into Trump Administration Voter Data Misconduct
Oregon senators seek “thorough and objective” investigation into new whistleblower disclosure revealing DHS officers were directed to illegally access sensitive voter data and create law enforcement records based on unreliable data compiled with “supplemental magic” WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Merkley Leads Oregon, Washington Lawmakers to Urge Continued Support for West Coast Fishermen and Oregon’s Seafood Industry
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led a bipartisan group of Oregon and Washington lawmakers in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins that calls on the USDA to deliver critical federal support to West Coast fishermen and seafood harvesters, processors, and distributors by purchasing Pacific Hake (whiting)
McGovern, Merkley, Duckworth, Walkinshaw Urge Trump Administration: Do Not Deport People Back to Persecution and Torture in China
Lawmakers Make Letter Public So Attorneys Can Use It to Support At-Risk Uyghur, Hong Konger, Tibetan and Chinese Asylum Seekers Held in ICE Detention WASHINGTON—Yesterday, Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Representative James R.
Oregon Delegation Presses Trump Administration to Expedite Burned Area Emergency Response for Oregon Wildfires
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today led Sen. Jeff Merkley and Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Interior to expedite the initiation and completion of the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program for
Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer, DeFazio Introduce Legislation to Ensure Equal Access to Disaster Relief for Cannabis Businesses
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., today introduced legislation that would ensure state-legal cannabis businesses can qualify for disaster recovery programs like any other business. As wildfires continue to rage across the West, law-abiding, state-legal cannabis businesses in Oregon and elsewhere are shut out
Merkley Announces $122 Million in Savings for Tualatin Valley Water Users
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that new water infrastructure loan terms have been reached between the Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD) and the federal government, which will save ratepayers—including businesses and residents—$122 million over the next 25 years. The new agreement will allow the TVWD
Merkley Statement Following Grand Jury Announcement in Breonna Taylor Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after a grand jury returned its announcement regarding the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky: “Breonna Taylor should be alive today. She’s not because of a fundamentally racist system that cheapens her life and the lives of
Merkley, Wyden Applaud House Passage of Legislation to Address the Murder and Abduction of Native Women and Girls
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today applauded the House passage of Savanna’s Act—legislation to combat the epidemic of murdered and missing Native women and girls by improving the federal government’s response to the emergency. The legislation was passed by the Senate with bipartisan support
Wyden, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Defend Property Owners’ Rights from Eminent Domain Claims for Natural Gas Pipelines
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today introduced their legislation that would strengthen the rights of landowners facing eminent domain claims from private companies exploiting public interest provisions to confiscate property in Oregon and nationwide for natural gas pipeline development. The bills, which Wyden and Merkley first announced in August, come in
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