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 Slams Trump Administration’s Payday Predator Protection Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced, on the same day that the CFPB’s new payday lending rules officially go on the books, that the bureau plans to rewrite the rules and will give waivers for lenders that
Merkley Marks One-Year Anniversary of Cascade-Siskiyou Expansion With New Video, Calls on Trump to Back Off Attacks on Oregon’s Monument
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today released a new video marking the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and calling on the Trump administration to back off of its attacks on this Oregon treasure. “Today marks one year since President Obama expanded the
After Interior Exempts Florida from Controversial Offshore Drilling Plan, Merkley and Wyden Call on Trump Administration to Ban Drilling Off Oregon Coast, Too
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today joined a group of U.S. Senators representing coastal states to tell the Trump administration that they don’t want oil and gas drilling off their coasts, and are demanding the same respect for their states that was recently given to
Merkley, Kaine Introduce Legislation to End Debt Ceiling Hostage-Taking
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As another debt ceiling showdown approaches, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Virginia’s Senator Tim Kaine today introduced new legislation aimed at ending Congress’ abuse of the debt ceiling as a political hostage. The Protect our Citizens from Reckless Extortion of our Debt and Irresponsible Tactics (Protect our
Wyden, Merkley Demand Critical Disaster Funding for Coastal Communities Hurt by Fishery Disasters
Washington, D.C. – Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on their colleagues to include funding for coastal communities damaged by fisheries disasters as part of any disaster relief package that moves through Congress. In the letter, the senators noted that as of this month, Congress has
Senators Shred Trump Administration’s Offshore Drilling Reversal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today led more than three dozen U.S. Senators, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in sharply criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to reopen offshore drilling leases three years ahead of schedule. This decision puts vast stretches of coastline along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts
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