Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Investigate Trump’s Repeal of Bedrock Climate Safeguard
Senators sound alarm over political motivations to undermine climate science and harm public health Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate colleagues in launching an investigation into Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to repeal the bedrock scientific determination underpinning the
Merkley, Colleagues Renew Push to Root Out Private Equity Abuse in Health Care, Strike Back Against Corporate Greed
“Sick patients should never be used to turn healthy profits.” Text of Bill (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with his colleagues to introduce the Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act to root out corporate greed and private equity abuse in the health care system.
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $4.2 Million for Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Centers
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $4,250,606 in federal funding is coming to Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center to support critical health services for uninsured and underinsured Oregonians in Washington and Yamhill counties. “Access to quality health care should never depend on your ZIP
Wyden, Crapo, Merkley, Risch Urge Re-authorization of Rural Resource Advisory Committees
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and James Risch (R-ID) today urged federal officials to reauthorize citizen committees that provide key advice for important natural resources work in national forests. The senators’ bipartisan letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue seeks prompt reauthorization of
Merkley Hosts Science Summit to Identify Solutions for Suckers
KLAMATH FALLS, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Friday hosted a science summit, the Sucker Recovery Summit, to share updates on the health of the species and to discuss possible short-term options to help the Lost River (C’waam) and shortnose (Koptu) suckers survive until long-term solutions take effect.
Merkley on Wheeler Nomination: Trump Is Turning the EPA Into the ‘Polluter Protection Agency’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after President Trump formally nominated Andrew Wheeler to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): “This is devastating news for clean air and clean water across America. If it wasn’t clear
Wyden, Merkley Press Private Prison Companies on Compliance with Federal Immigration Detention Standards
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked the country’s two largest private immigration detention contractors for information about their compliance with federal immigration detention standards. The letters from Wyden, Merkley and nine other senators to contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic follows a troubling report by
Following Khashoggi Murder and Trump’s Disturbing Attacks on the Press, Merkley Leads Strongly-Worded Call for Senate to Stand Up for Freedom of the Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, and as President Donald Trump continues to employ unprecedented rhetoric and actions to attack the American news media, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced a strongly worded resolution calling for the Senate to stand up for freedom
Wyden, Merkley, DeFazio, Huffman Again Urge for Immediate Chetco River Protections
Washington, D.C. – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Peter DeFazio and Jared Huffman today strongly urged federal officials to extend interim mineral withdrawal protections, which expired earlier this year, for the iconic Chetco River in southwest Oregon. In a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Agriculture
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