Press Releases

Merkley, Senate Colleagues Call to Halt Implementation of Trump’s Illegal Executive Order to Eliminate Vote-by-Mail

Senators Direct Commerce Secretary to Explain Department’s Involvement with USPS and Elections, and Preserve Documents for Congressional Oversight Washington, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined his Senate Democratic colleagues to demand U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick oppose the Department’s involvement in President Trump’s illegal executive order (EO) attacking

Oregon Airports to Receive $14.5 Million in Federal Investments

Airports receiving federal funds include those in Ashland, Eugene, Hermiston, La Grande, Pendleton, Portland, Prineville, Salem, and Scappoose Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04) Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Maxine Dexter (OR-03), announced that nine Oregon airports will receive

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

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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