Wyden, Merkley Push to Stop Trump’s Education Department From Politicizing Civil Rights Investigations
Oregon senators: “Students whose civil rights have been violated should never serve as political pawns. They deserve justice and an equal opportunity to pursue an education” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on the Trump administration to stop weaponizing the Department of Education’s Office
Baldwin, Merkley, Moore Introduce Legislation to Address Maternal Health Crisis, Expand Access to Care
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI-04) introduced the Perinatal Workforce Act, legislation to address the urgent maternal health care crisis in the United States. Specifically, the bill will help grow the perinatal workforce by creating grant programs to
Merkley Celebrates Senate Passage of His Bipartisan Bill to Wipe Out Non-Flushables from Wastewater Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced that his bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act unanimously passed the Senate. Merkley leads the WIPPES Act with Maine’s U.S. Senator Susan Collins. The WIPPES Act would address health, ecosystem, and wastewater infrastructure concerns caused by the flushing of non-flushable wipes.
Harris, Merkley, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Reunify and Protect Immigrant Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Reunite Every Unaccompanied Newborn Infant, Toddler and Other Children Expeditiously (REUNITE) Act, a bill to immediately reunify all families and establish a permanent system of coordination between agencies and non-governmental
Merkley Reaction to Trump-Putin Summit
“President Trump is repeatedly siding with a dictator over his own government and allies. He has refused to hold Putin accountable for Russia’s attack on the United States during the 2016 presidential election, illegal annexation of Crimea, invasion of eastern Ukraine, poisonings on British soil, and other destabilizing actions. He
Merkley, Wyden Announce Grant to Oregon State University for Timber Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Agriculture subcommittee, and Ron Wyden today announced that a nearly half-million dollar U.S. Department of Agriculture grant was awarded to Oregon State University for research on the durability of cross-laminated timber, an innovative product that
Wyden, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Help Disadvantaged Communities Rebuild Water Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week joined colleagues in introducing the Contaminant and Lead Electronic Accounting and Reporting Requirements (CLEARR) for Drinking Water Act, which would authorize $1 billion in federal funding to help small and disadvantaged communities replace contaminated water infrastructure to
Merkley Reacts to Kavanaugh Nomination: Americans’ Fundamental Rights Are At Stake
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: “We knew that if Donald Trump picked anyone off his list of extremists, fundamental rights would be at stake. Now, the decision
Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici, Brown Statement on Office of Refugee Resettlement Rejecting Tour Request
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Gov. Kate Brown, today released the following statement in response to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) refusing to allow the delegation to tour on Thursday evening Morrison Child & Family Services, where
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