Merkley, Murkowski Secure Commitment to Preserve U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems
Washington, D.C. – Following public outrage over the dismantling of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced the NSF was pausing its planned removal of the OOI’s sensors. NSF’s decision came after Merkley and Murkowski passed a Senate
King, Merkley, Colleagues Call to Terminate Illegal Plans for “Triumphal Arch”
Key legislators cite federal laws that prohibit construction without congressional approval WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Subcommittee on National Parks, is leading a group of his Congressional colleagues in objecting to the Trump Administration’s proposed plan to illegally construct
Merkley, Huffman, Lawmakers to EPA: Don’t Sacrifice Our Communities for Chemical Recyclers
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, led a bicameral group of 50 lawmakers to sound the alarm over a review by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that paves the way to eliminate Clean
Merkley, Wyden Press Veterans Affairs on Clinic Wait Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are pressing Veterans Affairs about wait times at the Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Salem, which, according to a report by the Statesman Journal newspaper, is subjecting veterans to multi-month waits for routine appointments. According to the most recent information
Merkley, Wyden Introduce Bill to Protect West Coast from Dangerous Offshore Drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden on Thursday joined colleagues in introducing the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to permanently ban offshore drilling in federal waters off the coast of Oregon, Washington and California. Last year, the Trump administration released its five-year offshore leasing plan that proposed opening up the entire
Merkley Calls for Investigation Following the Death of Another Child in U.S. Custody
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the revelation yesterday that another migrant child has died in U.S. custody, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today formally called for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to open an investigation into the circumstances of the boy’s death. “I write with great sadness and urgency
Senators Urge Department of Energy to Uphold Energy Efficiency Standards
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led a group of 14 Senators today in pressing U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry to reverse course on proposed rule changes that would alter classifications of lightbulbs, effectively rolling back energy efficiency standards and leaving families with higher bills to
Senators Demand Answers on the Politicization of the Arms Control Compliance Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a group of five Senators in questioning whether the Trump Administration inappropriately politicized the State Department’s 2019 report on arms control and nuclear weapons compliance. Merkley was joined in his letter to Secretary
“A Historic Step in the Journey to Equality:” Merkley Applauds House Committee Passage of Equality Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, the lead Senate sponsor of the bipartisan Equality Act, released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee today passed the legislation out of committee by a vote of 22-10 and sent it to the floor for a vote of the full House: “A
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