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, 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
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $2.1 Million Grant for Postsecondary Manufacturing Education at Central Oregon Community College
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $2,187,923 in federal funding is coming to Central Oregon Community College to boost its manufacturing postsecondary education program, expanding the pipeline of skilled workers to meet the needs of local employers while supporting long-term regional economic growth.
Wyden, Merkley Announce $6 Million to Train Oregonians for Jobs in Growing Health Care Industry
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $6 million to help educate and train Oregonians for jobs in Oregon’s growing health care industry. The grant, awarded to Worksystems Inc., is part of America’s Promise, which helps cover education
Drumbeat Against Bannon Grows as Senators Call for His Dismissal
Today, a group of Senators led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley signed a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump urging him to repudiate his hate-filled campaign attacks, and to show the country that he is serious about uniting Americans by immediately firing newly-appointed Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. In addition to Senator
Merkley, Stabenow, Hirono, Markey, and Van Hollen Call on Donald Trump to Renounce Acts of Hate and Fire Steve Bannon
Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), and Ed Markey (D-MA), as well as Senator-elect Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), to denounce the acts of hatred seen across the country since the election of Donald Trump. During today’s conference, the Senators and Senator-elect called
Merkley Denounces Appointment of White Nationalist to Top White House Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon to be his Chief Strategist, splitting top duties with his Chief of Staff: “There should be no sugarcoating the truth here: Donald Trump just invited a white nationalist into the highest
Merkley Announces $500,000 Grant to Provide Oregon Veterans with Medical Transportation
In honor of Veterans Day, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced today that the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) has been awarded $500,000 as part of the federal Veteran Affairs’ Highly Rural Transportation Grant to support veterans’ medical transportation needs in rural Oregon counties. Ten Oregon counties are considered “highly
Merkley Statement on Presidential Election Results
“I’m profoundly disappointed in last night’s results. I firmly believe that our country is better than the lowest points of the campaign that just concluded. To all who woke up today anxious about their place in America: I stand with you. Today it is more important than ever to stand
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