Klobuchar, Heinrich, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns About National Trail Program
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies are
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Release Report of How Private Student Loan Lenders Expect to Profit from Trump’s Big Ugly Bill
Report: “Costly Consequences: How the Trump Administration Unleashed Private Student Loan Lenders” (PDF) Responses from: Citizens | College Ave | Navient | Nelnet | Sallie Mae | SoFi Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a group of Senators in releasing a new report of their investigation into how private student loan lenders will reap the
Senate Foreign Relations Democrats Statement on Reports of Trump Family Bribe from UAE Officials
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement in response to reporting that a company backed by
Merkley, Young Lead Bipartisan Resolution Honoring Richard Lugar’s Legacy, Pushing to Continue Global Non-Proliferation Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Todd Young (R-IN), the top Senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Multilateral Institutions Subcommittee, today introduced a Senate resolution honoring the legacy of the late Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN). The resolution recognizes Lugar’s enormous contributions to nuclear non-proliferation, and pushes
Merkley, Wyden Announce Major Grants for Rural Airports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced nearly $13 million in grants to support rural airport improvements in North Bend and John Day. In North Bend, $6.6 million will help the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport to construct an aircraft rescue and firefighting building. In
Merkley Introduces Legislation to Offer Fossil Fuel Divestment Options for Federal Employees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced the Retirement Investments for a Sustainable Economy (RISE) Act of 2019, which gives federal employees the ability to divest from the fossil fuel industry—and reduce the financial liability of fossil fuel asset losses—by offering a Climate Choice investment option for the
Merkley, Burr Introduce Bipartisan Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), introduced today the bipartisan Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019, which would reauthorize, update, and improve critical programs that help to grow and support the American nursing workforce. “As the husband of a nurse, I’ve seen close-up how
Merkley, Brown Introduce Legislation to Stop Government Officials from Profiting Off of Insider Information
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Ban Conflicted Trading Act, legislation that will prohibit members of Congress and senior congressional staff from abusing their positions for personal financial gain. “Conflicted trading, in which legislators and top staff trade in stocks while
Merkley Introduces Legislation to Protect Public Health & Coral Reefs from Potentially Harmful Sunscreen Chemicals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced two pieces of legislation to address the growing threat that sunscreen chemicals pose to coral reefs around the world, and to study the impact of these chemicals on human health and the environment. The Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of
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