Whitehouse, Sanders, Merkley, Fletcher, Cleaver Lead More than 80 Colleagues in Filing Amicus Brief Urging Court to Restore Illegally Terminated Solar for All Funding
“EPA has given no reason why its unlawful actions to unwind Congressional appropriations should stand,” wrote the lawmakers Washington, D.C .— U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW); Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07)
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Administration Immediately End Deportation Flights to Iran
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand Donald Trump immediately end deportation flights to Iran. Last month, reports confirmed that Trump resumed the deportation of dozens of Iranians, many of whom could be persecuted, tortured, or even executed if forced to
Rep. Salinas, Sen. Merkley Lead Letter Opposing ICE Detention Facilities in Oregon
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led Oregon’s Democratic Members of Congress and ten additional House Members in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons opposing any
Senators Markey, Carper, and Merkley Join Environmental and Climate Leaders to Oppose Trump Effort to Roll-back Auto Emissions Standards
Washington (March 7, 2017) – Reacting to media reports that the Trump administration plans to roll-back the nation’s fuel economy emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and environmental and climate
Merkley Denounces New Trump Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed a new executive order restricting travel from a number of Muslim-majority nations: “Just like the old ban, the new ban makes our country less safe. Giving ISIS propaganda while ‘solving’ a problem that
Merkley, Brock Smith Convene Task Force on Sudden Oak Death
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and State Representative David Brock Smith (R-01) today convened an array of stakeholders in the first task force meeting aimed at addressing the spread of Sudden Oak Death, a disease that poses severe economic and environmental threats to counties in Southern Oregon. “Oregon
Merkley Calls on Sessions to Resign
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement regarding U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ failure to disclose his 2016 contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, as reported by the Washington Post last night: “The Attorney General concealed from Congress during his testimony under oath the contacts he
Wyden, Merkley, DeFazio Introduce Bill to Honor Frank and Jeanne Moore with Steelhead Special Management Area
Washington, DC – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Rep. Peter DeFazio today introduced legislation that would honor an Oregon couple’s distinguished legacy of conservation and habitat preservation by designating nearly 100,000 acres of public lands in Oregon as the “Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area.”
Merkley Statement on the President’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: “In President Trump’s speech tonight we heard the exact same things that we have heard so many times before: vague, nice sounding campaign-style promises of what he
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