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, Gardner Lead Senate Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Access to Banking Services for Legal Cannabis Businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) led a bipartisan group of Senators – including Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Gary
Merkley Cuts Red Tape for Oregon Winegrowers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is implementing the direction he successfully included in the 2019 spending bill, instructing the agency to exempt wine grapes from regulation under the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule. The Produce Safety
Cardin, Young, Durbin, Rubio, Merkley Renew Call for Sanctions on Burmese Officials for Rohingya Atrocities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), along with Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have renewed their bipartisan effort to impose sanctions on senior Burmese military officials who were responsible for the systematic human rights abuses against the Rohingya people and
Merkley, Rounds Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Family Leave for DOD Employees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve family and medical leave for Department of Defense (DoD) employees by simplifying and expanding the agency’s leave bank. Currently, DoD allows individual civilian employees to donate earned annual leave to specific individual
Merkley Statement on Saudi Ambassador Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after voting against General John Abizaid’s nomination to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: “General Abizaid has a distinguished resume, and I appreciate the time he took to meet with
Merkley, Sanders, and Colleagues Introduce Medicare for All Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today joined a group of 15 Senators, led by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2019. The legislation would expand Medicare so that every American is covered by this high-quality, popular health care plan simply by virtue
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