Merkley, Wyden Deliver Over $100 Million for Critical Community Projects Funding Across Oregon
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they secured over $100 million in federal investments for essential community-initiated projects in nearly every Oregon county in both Fiscal Year 2026 packages that recently cleared Congress. Both Merkley and Wyden hold a town hall in each Oregon county
Merkley, Whitehouse, Warren, Kaine Sound the Alarm Over Trump Administration’s Plan to End Affordable Student Loan Repayment Program
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today led their Senate colleagues to demand answers from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate affordable student loan
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $2.1 Million Grant for Postsecondary Manufacturing Education at Central Oregon Community College
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $2,187,923 in federal funding is coming to Central Oregon Community College to boost its manufacturing postsecondary education program, expanding the pipeline of skilled workers to meet the needs of local employers while supporting long-term regional economic growth.
Wyden, Merkley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Cleaner Transportation Fuel, Healthier Forests
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today introduced bipartisan legislation to allow the use of biomass from certain federal lands needing ecological restoration in the making of renewable fuels to promote healthier forests, more carbon sequestration, cleaner transportation fuels and strong protections for old growth forests.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Merkley Provision on Potential Magnitsky Sanctions for Uyghur Human Rights Violations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted with strong bipartisan support to pass a provision authored by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley to consider sanctions on individuals responsible for horrific human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority in China. Merkley, who sits on the committee, inserted the provision—requiring
Senator Merkley Introduces Wilderness and Economic Development Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced the Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act, legislation to create federal wilderness in the area of Sutton Mountain and the iconic Painted Hills, and to promote economic development in the surrounding area. The proposal, which was
On World Biodiversity Day, Merkley and Collins Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Save Animals by Combatting Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of 2019 World Biodiversity Day, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help save endangered animals by combatting wildlife trafficking and poaching. The Rescuing Animals With Rewards (RAWR) Act would authorize the State Department to offer financial rewards
Merkley Statement on House Impeachment Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the U.S. House of Representatives will be forming a committee to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump:
“Beginning impeachment proceedings is not an action to be taken lightly. Unfortunately, the gravity and extent of President Trump’s corrupt actions makes it absolutely clear that Congress must do so. President Trump has repeatedly and flagrantly violated his oath of office and disgraced the office of the presidency. Holding foreign aid hostage until a foreign leader agrees to smear a political opponent is textbook corruption, plain and simple.
“It is time for Congress, as a co-equal branch of government, to fulfill its constitutional role and hold the President accountable. Now that the House is moving forward with impeachment proceedings, I urge it to move swiftly to complete its investigation and to bring these proceedings to the floor of the House for a vote.”
In Wake of New Revelations of EPA Waste on Luxurious Flights, Merkley, Kennedy Introduce Bipartisan ‘Fly Smart Act’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) today announced the introduction of the Fly Smart Act, bipartisan legislation to prevent taxpayer dollars from being wasted on first-class flights. The legislation would ban all federal executive branch employees, including cabinet secretaries and other high-ranking public servants,
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