Press Releases

Merkley, Rounds, Panetta, Moore, Carbajal Champion Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Monarch and Pollinator Highways

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and South Dakota’s U.S. Senator Mike Rounds partnered with U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), Blake Moore (R-UT-01), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) to introduce new bipartisan legislation to support pollinator-friendly habitats along roads and highways in states across America. The Roadside Pollinator Program Amendments Act builds

Merkley, Whitehouse, Warren, Kaine Sound the Alarm Over Trump Administration’s Plan to End Affordable Student Loan Repayment Program

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Virginia’s U.S. Senator Tim Kaine today led their Senate colleagues to demand answers from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate affordable student loan

Wyden, Merkley Urge ICE To Accept DACA Applications Delayed By Postal Service

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to allow people whose DACA renewal applications were rejected because of U.S. Postal Service processing delays to resubmit their applications. The letter signed by the Oregon senators and 22 of their colleagues follows recent reports that

Merkley Statement on Senator Franken

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement: “Sexual harassment and assault are never acceptable, no matter when or where they happened. Today’s account warrants an Ethics Committee investigation, as Senator Franken has called for.  It is important that we all work together to create a climate

Merkley Sounds the Alarm on GOP Tax Scheme

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a tax scheme that raises taxes on many middle class families while giving trillions to wealthy corporations and the richest Americans. The Senate is also currently considering its own version of the

Merkley Statement on the Resignation of CFPB Director Richard Cordray

Washington, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, who previously served as the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee’s Financial Institutions and Consumer Protections Subcommittee, released the following statement on the resignation of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray. “Richard Cordray has led the CFPB in the

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Breastfeeding Protections at Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joined by Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Al Franken (D-MN), announced the introduction of the Supporting Working Moms

Wyden, Merkley Seek Help for Ports of Hood River and Cascade Locks

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley today sought federal help for the Ports of Hood River and Cascade Locks, which suffered a combined $228,000 in lost toll revenue from the Eagle Creek wildfire. “The lost toll revenue for these communities means that many important economic development

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