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Wyden, Merkley Raise Alarm Over Loss of Mental Health Access in Eastern Oregon

Senators: Trump and congressional Republicans’ budget bill threatens essential mental care for nearly 800 Malheur County residents enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today wrote health care providers serving Malheur County to ask how they’ll ensure nearly 800 residents keep access

BLUMENTHAL, MURKOWSKI & MERKLEY LEAD CALL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT FOLLOWING DOJ’S FAILURE TO RELEASE THE FULL EPSTEIN FILES AS DEMANDED BY SURVIVORS, REQUIRED BY LAW

WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a bipartisan group of senators in writing Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume requesting the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) perform an audit of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)

Merkley, Wyden Announce $960,881 Coming to Wasco County for Distance Learning

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a federal investment of $960,881 for the Dufur School District 29 to support distance learning in Wasco County. With this funding, instructors at Portland Community College in Multnomah County, Baker Technical Institute in Baker County, Columbia Gorge Community

Merkley, Senate Colleagues Urge National Security Advisor to Appoint a Senior Global Health Security Expert as U.S. and Global Threat from Coronavirus Grows

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has joined 26 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, pressing him to appoint a qualified, dedicated, senior global health security expert to the White House’s National Security Council (NSC) to address and coordinate administration efforts in

Merkley, Wicker Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Applauding, Supporting Nurses and Midwives

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) today introduced a bipartisan Senate resolution recognizing the essential contributions of America’s nurses and midwives, and support for the goals and ideals of the World Health Organization’s “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.” The WHO’s

Merkley Applauds Bipartisan Senate Vote to Prevent Unauthorized War With Iran

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Senate passed a resolution to prevent unauthorized war with Iran on a bipartisan vote of 55-45. Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been a leading proponent of limiting presidents’ ability to wage war

Merkley to Hold Nine Town Halls Across Oregon

Portland, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley next week will hold town halls in nine counties across Oregon. The town halls will be February 19 through 22, in Polk, Yamhill, Malheur, Baker, Wallowa, Union, Umatilla, Linn, and Lane counties. He will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C.,

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