Wyden, Merkley Introduce Bill to Stop Trump Administration Replacing Immigration Judges with Inexperienced Attorneys
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining their Senate colleagues in introducing legislation that would prevent Donald Trump from abusing loopholes to appoint inexperienced attorneys as temporary immigration judges. The Temporary Immigration Judge Integrity Act aims to close loopholes the Trump administration
Merkley, Cortez Masto Lead New Bill to Block Donald Trump from Putting His Face on Dollar Coin
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Nevada’s U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto introduced new legislation to prevent any living or sitting U.S. President from being featured on any U.S. currency. The Change Corruption Act would ensure President Trump cannot be featured on an upcoming one-dollar coin
Wyden, Merkley Urge Trump Administration to Release Funds for Klamath Family Head Start
Oregon senators’ letter notes that federal agency delays could endanger program helping 180 children in Southern Oregon Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Head Start to release grant funding essential to
Merkley, Wyden Join Introduction of New Legislation to Protect National Monuments from Trump Administration’s Attempts to Roll Back Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that they have joined a group of 18 senators in introducing legislation to enhance protections for national monuments against the Trump administration’s unprecedented attacks on public lands. The America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the
Merkley: Release of Nunes Memo Shows House Republicans Will Go to Nearly Any Length to Obstruct Russia Investigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee published the Nunes memo: “The House Republicans have gone through with their plan to release a highly misleading memo made up of cherry-picked classified information. This puts us in extremely dangerous territory.
Merkley, Wyden, DeFazio, Schrader, Bonamici, Blumenauer to Secretary Zinke: Hands Off Our Coast
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer today joined a bicameral, bipartisan group of 16 Pacific Northwest lawmakers in a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calling for the Oregon and Washington coasts to be removed from
Wyden, Merkley Statement on Resignation of Roseburg VA Director Doug Paxton
Portland – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement about the resignation of Roseburg VA Director Doug Paxton: “It’s been clear from the growing number of troubling reports from veterans served in Roseburg’s VA system that change is needed to provide the top-notch care those
Merkley Statement on State of the Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump’s first State of the Union address: “President Trump delivered a speech tonight that was virtually devoid of substance. “There was the long-awaited infrastructure plan which, instead of truly investing in our nation’s future and
Merkley, Wyden Join Senate Democrats Urging Secretary Zinke to Keep Public Lands in Public Hands
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that they are joining a group of Senate Democrats to urge Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to keep public lands public by prohibiting widespread sale and transfer of public lands. The senators asked Zinke to uphold the Department of