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Wyden, Merkley Raise Alarm Over Loss of Mental Health Access in Eastern Oregon

Senators: Trump and congressional Republicans’ budget bill threatens essential mental care for nearly 800 Malheur County residents enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today wrote health care providers serving Malheur County to ask how they’ll ensure nearly 800 residents keep access

BLUMENTHAL, MURKOWSKI & MERKLEY LEAD CALL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT FOLLOWING DOJ’S FAILURE TO RELEASE THE FULL EPSTEIN FILES AS DEMANDED BY SURVIVORS, REQUIRED BY LAW

WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a bipartisan group of senators in writing Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume requesting the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) perform an audit of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)

Merkley, Wyden Announce $960,881 Coming to Wasco County for Distance Learning

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a federal investment of $960,881 for the Dufur School District 29 to support distance learning in Wasco County. With this funding, instructors at Portland Community College in Multnomah County, Baker Technical Institute in Baker County, Columbia Gorge Community

Merkley Resolution: No More One-on-Ones with Putin

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a resolution opposing any meetings between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin or any other Russian official without a second senior United States official present. The resolution follows President Trump’s private meeting

Wyden, Merkley announce $14 Million for Five Oregon Airports

Washington, D.C. – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that airports in Hillsboro, Albany, Klamath Falls, Bend and Grants Pass will receive a combined $14.3 million in federal grants for facility improvements and aviation training. “Quality of life throughout Oregon requires secure and reliable movement of products and the

Wyden, Merkley, Brown Make Urgent Request for Federal Emergency Aid

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Gov. Kate Brown today asked federal officials to provide emergency aid for farmers affected by wildland fires raging in Oregon. The letter from Wyden, Merkley and Brown to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue comes as the Substation Fire is engulfing wheat fields

Merkley Introduces Landmark Retirement Security Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley reintroduced the American Savings Act, landmark national retirement security legislation. The American Savings Act would give every worker who doesn’t already have access to a retirement savings plan through their employer the ability to save for retirement. The plan would give these

Merkley Applauds Withdrawal of Bounds Nomination

WASHINGTON, DC — After spending the week working to stop the nomination of Ryan Bounds to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the White House withdrew the judicial nomination of Ryan Bounds: “Today, the integrity of our courts and of a 101-year tradition

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