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
Merkley, Wyden, Lawmakers Urge Nonpartisan Congressional Scorekeeper to Determine True Cost of War in Iran
Trump Administration has provided inconsistent and incomplete estimates that contradict external experts, raising questions about true cost of war Senators: “The American people deserve to know the true costs of this conflict, and they deserve transparency and honesty when their government commits the nation to war.” Text of Letter (PDF)
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
Brown, Merkley Press Federal Agencies on Oversight of Financial Technology
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today called on the leaders of the U.S. banking and consumer protection agencies to outline steps they are taking to ensure effective oversight of the emerging financial technology, or “fintech,” marketplace. The Senators made their request in a
28 U.S. Senators Encourage CFPB to Strengthen Proposed Small-Dollar Lending Rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 28 U.S. Senators—led by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Chris Coons (D-DE)—wrote to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) expressing support for the agency’s small-dollar lending rule and encouraging the consumer agency to strengthen consumer protections in the proposed rule
Merkley Announces Plan to Introduce Major Renewable Energy Legislation at Netroots Nation Gathering
ST. LOUIS, MO—Today, at the 2016 Netroots Nation Annual Conference, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced his plan to introduce legislation that would require 100 percent of American energy to come from renewable sources by 2050. Merkley made the announcement during a panel he hosted at the Netroots Nation Conference titled
Sens. Merkley, Wyden, Murray and Cantwell and Rep. Blumenauer Introduce Legislation to Improve Sanitation and Safety Conditions at Columbia River Fishing Sites
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03) introduced the Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act, bicameral legislation to enable the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to make important safety and sanitation
Backed By Coalition of Voting Rights Advocates, Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer, Cicilline Introduce National Vote-By-Mail Bill
Washington, D.C. – Backed by a broad coalition of voting rights groups, Oregon’s Senators Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Representative Earl Blumenauer and David Cicilline, D-R.I., today introduced a new bill to expand Oregon-style vote-by-mail nationwide and cut through bogus obstacles to voting. “Too many states are making working Americans,
Merkley, Burr Introduce Bipartisan Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016, legislation to reauthorize, update and improve programs that help to grow and support the nursing workforce in the United States. With many nurses retiring and baby boomers projected
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