Merkley Bringing ‘Stop the Corruption Town Hall Meetings’ to Portland, Springfield, Medford
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will hold ‘Stop the Corruption Town Hall Meetings’ in Portland, Springfield, and Medford on Thursday, September 10. “Our democratic republic works best when elected officials work for the public good, not the elected official’s personal profit,” said Merkley. “Trump
Merkley’s Response to Trump’s Submission of U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress
Washington, D.C. – Following the Trump Administration’s submission to Congress on a proposed U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear cooperation agreement, referred to as a “123 agreement,” Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—issued the
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Reverse Unlawful Cuts to School-Based Mental Health Services
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand the Department of Education disburse funds that were abruptly and unlawfully canceled for School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) and Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration (MHSP) grant programs and halt its attempts to end the grant
Wyden, Merkley Press State Department On Policies To Protect Journalists Abroad
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley yesterday joined sixteen of their Congressional colleagues to demand answers from the State Department regarding the practices and policies in place to assist journalists who face threats to their personal safety while reporting overseas and “to encourage the [Department] to
Merkley, Wyden Announce Funding for Natural Resources, Emergency Preparedness
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced key provisions in the U.S. Department of Interior Appropriations bill that provide critical investments in earthquake preparedness, water infrastructure, and wildfire suppression and recovery activities that are of particular importance to Oregon as wildfires become increasingly frequent
Senators Merkley, Burr Announce Committee Passage of Bipartisan Nursing Workforce Bill
Washington, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), announced today that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously passed by voice vote the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019. This bipartisan legislation, which the Senators introduced in May during National Nurses
Merkley, Wyden Announce Key Investments in Research, Public Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced key provisions in the Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Committee bill that will help rural communities across Oregon. “I’m in every county every year, and across rural and coastal Oregon I hear about ways we can
Merkley, Wyden Urge Trump Administration to Prioritize Children’s Health and Keep Promise to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today joined U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Senate Democrats to denounce the Trump administration’s delay in addressing the growing epidemic of youth tobacco use. In a letter sent to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, the senators
Merkley Leads 11 Senators to Keep Aflight a Treaty Key to Euro-Atlantic Security
Washington, D.C. – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley today led a group of 11 Senators in urging the Trump administration to not withdraw the United States from the Treaty on Open Skies, a key transparency treaty that has benefited the United States, its allies, and its partners since Open Skies flights