Merkley Launches Investigation into Private Equity Ownership of Child Care Centers
Investigation Seeks to Determine if Private Equity Ownership in the Child Care Industry is Prioritizing Investor Profits Over the Health, Safety, and Welfare of Children Washington, D.C. — To address the growing concern over the role private equity is playing in the child care industry, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR),
Merkley Announces More Oregon Town Halls
Senator holding nine in-person conversations in Malheur, Harney, Grant, Baker, Union, Wallowa, Umatilla, Morrow, and Wheeler counties between March 30-April 1 Baker City, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced he will continue his town halls with in-person community conversations across eastern Oregon counties from Monday, March 30th through
Wyden, Merkley, Warren, Schumer, Democrats Publish Report Revealing Trump, Republicans Stripped Health Care Access, Raised Costs for Americans With “Defund” Planned Parenthood Provision
In six months since Trump and Republicans “defunded” Planned Parenthood, breast exam visits fell by 25% compared to the same period in a previous year, delaying detection and life-saving preventive care Text of Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Elizabeth
Merkley Announces Key Oregon Wins in Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced key provisions in the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee bill that will help Oregon communities. “Oregon is facing a housing crisis, so I’m glad to be able to add hundreds of millions of dollars to rental assistance,”
Merkley Presses Administration on Conditions for Detained Migrant Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today pressed the Trump administration for answers on how children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border are being treated while detained. Last Sunday, Merkley visited the border to investigate the Trump administration’s cruel new child separation policy and
At Border, Merkley Demands Answers on Cruel Child Separation Policy
MCALLEN, TX – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today visited the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas, demanding answers from immigration officials about the Trump administration’s cruel new policy of separating children from their parents at the border. “This cruel treatment of children and families arriving to the U.S. is completely un-American
Wyden, Merkley Co-sponsor Bill to Protect Children Left Alone When Parents Arrested or Detained By Immigration Officials
Washington, D.C. –Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are co-sponsoring legislation that would protect the safety and well-being of minor children left alone and vulnerable after their parents have been arrested or detained by U.S. immigration authorities. “Innocent children shouldn’t face a sudden and mysterious sense of abandonment when
Merkley Pushes Back on Regulators’ Weakening of Volcker Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a co-author of the Volcker Rule, released the following statement after Trump-appointed regulators announced that they would rewrite implementation of the rule to weaken its restrictions: “Let’s call it like it is: This is a massive giveaway to the biggest banks. Our small,
Local Health Care Providers Join Merkley in Pushing for Medicare Option for All
MEDFORD, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today was joined by local health care providers in pushing for the Choose Medicare Act, legislation authored by Merkley. Local health care leaders included Rogue Valley Community Health CEO William North, Siskiyou Community Health CEO Richard Booth, La Clinica CEO Brenda Johnson, and Marya
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