Merkley Joins Senate Probe of Trump’s Cuts to Child Care for Rural Families
“Trump vowed to lower costs for Americans, yet his administration’s actions…make this [child care crisis] worse.” Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of Senators in announcing a new investigation into how the Trump Administration’s cuts to affordable child care programs are affecting rural families. The
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, Wyden Deliver Over $100 Million for Critical Community Projects Funding Across Oregon
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they secured over $100 million in federal investments for essential community-initiated projects in nearly every Oregon county in both Fiscal Year 2026 packages that recently cleared Congress. Both Merkley and Wyden hold a town hall in each Oregon county
Merkley Statement on House Passage of the Wrong Choice Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the “Choice Act” today: “I know that the summer is the time for sequels, but the American people have already been through the Great Recession; they don’t need a Great Recession 2. If
Wyden, Merkley Resolution Honoring MAX Attack Heroes Passes Senate
Washington, DC – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley praised the Senate’s passage today of their joint resolution to honor Oregon heroes Rick Best, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher. Best and Namkai-Meche were fatally stabbed on May 26 defending two young women targeted by threatening anti-Muslim hate
MERKLEY STATEMENT ON COMEY TESTIMONY
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee: “Director Comey’s testimony painted a profoundly disturbing portrait of President Trump and this administration. “Director Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the administration made statements about
Wyden, Merkley Join Senate Colleagues in Demanding Robust Funding For National Sea Grant Program
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined a bipartisan group of 25 Senators in calling for full funding for the National Sea Grant Program, which would be eliminated by the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget. In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Oregon Delegation Honors Heroes of Portland Terrorist Attack
Portland, Ore. – Representative Earl Blumenauer, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, and Greg Walden today announced that they will introduce a joint resolution to honor the heroism of Rick Best, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher. On Friday, May 26,
Merkley on Paris Withdrawal: “A Massive Failure of Leadership at a Critical Moment”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement: “This decision may be a win for Steve Bannon and
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