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
Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement
“Mismanagement of fire management has life-or-death consequences and places billions of taxpayer dollars at risk.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment,
Wyden, Merkley Oppose Trump Administration’s Rollback of Environmental Protections for Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined their Senate colleagues in opposing the Trump administration’s proposed rollback of environmental regulations that enhance the safety of offshore drilling operations. In a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Zinke, the senators wrote that administration’s proposal would erode
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
Merkley Presses CFPB Nominee on Predatory Payday Loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the confirmation hearing approaching for President Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today pressed Trump’s pick, Kathy Kraninger, about the agency’s ongoing efforts to roll back a rule that protects consumers from predatory payday loans. In June, under
Merkley Slams Bounds Nomination and Republican Court-Packing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Republicans today pushed forward the judicial nomination of Ryan Bounds to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, despite the objections of Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden. The procedural vote to move Bounds forward occurred on an extremely narrow, party-line vote, with 50
Oregon Congressional Delegation Statement on Denial of Access to Oregon ORR Facility
WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer, and Kurt Schrader, released the following statement upon a refusal by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement to allow members of Congress and their staffs the
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