Wyden, Merkley, Bynum Celebrate $3.8 Million in Federal Funding for Expansion of Redmond Airport
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representative Janelle Bynum, today announced $3.8 million in federal funding to kickstart the expansion of Redmond Airport. “My visit to the Redmond Airport last fall showed me firsthand how this funding is a solid and key investment in
Merkley Denounces Unjust Sentencing of Hong Kong Democracy Advocate Jimmy Lai
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—issued this statement following the sentencing of Jimmy Lai, an entrepreneur and democracy advocate in Hong Kong who has been imprisoned since 2020 under
Merkley, Wyden Lead the Charge to Limit DHS’ Use of Facial Recognition Technology Amid Trump’s Rapidly Growing Surveillance State
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they introduced the ICE Out of Our Faces Act. The bicameral legislation would rein in the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), banning agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs
Merkley Investigates Reports That Credit Suisse Engaged in Retaliatory Espionage Against Climate Protestors
WASHINGTON, DC — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today pressed the Chairmen and Board Members of Credit Suisse and Harris Associates amid reports that Credit Suisse has engaged in coordinated espionage against climate activists to retaliate for protests over the bank’s fossil fuel investments. The alleged incident is the third
Merkley, Wyden Press Agency Overseeing ReConnect Rural Broadband Program To Address Serious Application Hurdles
WASHINGTON, DC — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced two letters pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for solutions to a number of administrative hurdles and eligibility problems within the ReConnect Program that have put critical broadband infrastructure assistance out of reach for Oregonians and communities
Wyden, Merkley: Lane County to Get More Than $1.1 Million in FEMA Funds
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Lane County will get a federal emergency grant totaling more than $1.1 million to cover costs for severe storms from February 2019 that caused flooding, landslides, and mudslides. “When Oregonians get clobbered by destructive weather, it’s vital
Merkley and Romney Push FDA Official to Revise, Strengthen Vaping Guidance
WASHINGTON, DC—Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee overseeing the FDA, and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), today met with Mitch Zeller, the FDA’s director of the Center for Tobacco Products to discuss the youth
Wyden, Merkley Push Trump Administration to Withdraw Rules Allowing for Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley urged the Trump administration to withdraw proposed rules that would expand federally funded discrimination against members of the LGBTQIA+ community, women, non-religious people and religious minorities. Wyden, Merkley and other Senate Democrats sent three separate letters to the Departments of Education,
Merkley Leads Senate Colleagues in Pressing Interior Secretary to Protect the Arctic from New Oil and Gas Drilling
WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today that he is leading a group of six lawmakers—Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ)—in pressing Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to reverse
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