Merkley Statement on 25th Anniversary of September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001: “I will never forget that day 25 years ago: the clear blue morning sky, the billowing black smoke, the clouds of white ash, and everywhere, the confusion and fear. Our
Merkley, Wyden Tout Nearly $10 Million For Oregon Tribes’ Affordable Housing Efforts
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding a combined nearly $9,917,680 to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the Warm Springs Housing Authority to build more affordable housing
Merkley Statement on Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – the lead Democrat on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee which oversees federal funding for the Smithsonian Institution – released the following statement after the Institution announced Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III would be retiring after a five-decade career as a museum
Merkley, Burr Introduce Bipartisan Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), introduced today the bipartisan Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019, which would reauthorize, update, and improve critical programs that help to grow and support the American nursing workforce. “As the husband of a nurse, I’ve seen close-up how
Merkley, Brown Introduce Legislation to Stop Government Officials from Profiting Off of Insider Information
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Ban Conflicted Trading Act, legislation that will prohibit members of Congress and senior congressional staff from abusing their positions for personal financial gain. “Conflicted trading, in which legislators and top staff trade in stocks while
Merkley Introduces Legislation to Protect Public Health & Coral Reefs from Potentially Harmful Sunscreen Chemicals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced two pieces of legislation to address the growing threat that sunscreen chemicals pose to coral reefs around the world, and to study the impact of these chemicals on human health and the environment. The Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Impact Study Act of
Wyden, Merkley Press Feds to Restore $14 Million in SRS Payments
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked the U.S. Agriculture Department to restore recent payments the agency wrongly reduced for schools and counties under the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Act by more than $14 million. In their letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, the Oregon
Merkley on One-Year Anniversary of Child Separation Announcement: “We Must Not Let Cruelty and Darkness Win”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement, marking the one-year anniversary of then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ May 7 announcement of the administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy of separating families at the border: “One year ago today, a United States Attorney General stood before microphones and cameras and
Merkley, Wicker Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Recognize National Nurses Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), the co-chairs of the Senate Nursing Caucus, today announced the introduction of a bipartisan Senate resolution designating May 6 to 12, 2019, as National Nurses Week. The resolution honors the important contributions of America’s nurses to safe, high-quality
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