Merkley, Wicker Launch Bipartisan Effort to Overturn New Limits on Student Loans for Nurses
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced a new bill in response to a decision by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that fails to classify post-baccalaureate nursing degrees as “professional degrees,” imposing stricter limits on federal student loans for nurses. The bipartisan
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $9.3 Million to Support Working Forestlands in Oregon
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is awarding $3.75 million to Lostine Forest in Wallowa County and $5.56 million to Madrone Ridge Forest in Jackson County. The Senators secured this federal funding in the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior-Environment
Oregon Airports to Receive Nearly $19 Million in Federal Investment
Airports receiving federal funds include those in Independence, John Day, Klamath Falls, Madras, Medford, Portland, and Tillamook Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05), announced that eight Oregon airports will receive a combined federal investment
Merkley Presses Forest Service Chief on Wildfire Funding, Forest Management
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on Tuesday met with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke to discuss the need for funding to help Oregon recover from this year’s devastating wildfire season, and to push for a surge in activity to reduce the risk of wildfires next season.
Merkley Statement on North Korean “War” Comments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after North Korea’s foreign minister said Monday that President Donald Trump has “declared war” on North Korea, citing Trump’s tweets from last weekend: “As we know, North Korea is a malignant
Merkley Statement on New Health Care CBO Score
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their analysis of the latest Republican health care bill: “Even though Republicans tried to rush the CBO so that they wouldn’t be able to give the full details on this diabolical
Merkley Joins Warren, Senate Colleagues on Bill to Protect Worker Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on Wednesday joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) as a cosponsor of the Protecting Workers and Improving Labor Standards Act, to prohibit states from introducing or enforcing laws that make it harder for workers to
Wyden, Merkley to Rail Officials: Halt Hazardous Materials Transport in Gorge While Wildfires Burn
Washington, DC – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged Burlington Northern Santa Fe to cease the rail transport of hazardous materials through the Columbia Gorge while wildfires there are active and the threat remains of flash flooding and rockslides. The Oregon lawmakers’ letter to Burlington Northern Santa
Oregon Delegation to Portland ICE: Do Not Deport Our Dreamers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR-5), along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Peter DeFazio (OR-04) today sent a letter calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s Portland Field Office to refrain from conducting mass, untargeted deportation raids, and
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