Merkley, Salinas, Colleagues Champion Strong Federal Support for Regenerative Agriculture
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led their colleagues—including Senator Ron Wyden, Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Val Hoyle (OR-04)—in reintroducing the Soil Conservation And Regeneration Education (Soil CARE) Act. Their bicameral bill would create a training program and curriculum to ensure
Merkley, Watson Coleman, Murkowski, Rutherford Team Up for Bipartisan Effort to Combat Opioid Overdoses in the Workplace
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12), U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Congressman John Rutherford (R-FL-05) partnered together on bipartisan legislation to help tackle rising rates of opioid overdoses with increased access to overdose reversal medications like naloxone. The Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK)
Wyden, Merkley, Bynum Celebrate $3.8 Million in Federal Funding for Expansion of Redmond Airport
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representative Janelle Bynum, today announced $3.8 million in federal funding to kickstart the expansion of Redmond Airport. “My visit to the Redmond Airport last fall showed me firsthand how this funding is a solid and key investment in
Merkley and Maloney Commend Labor Department Overtime Rule for Extending Breastfeeding Protection to Over 1 Million Working Women
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) commended U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez for extending overtime protections to 4.8 million workers and in doing so, extending workplace protections to over 1 million breastfeeding women. In their letter to the Secretary, Merkley and
Merkley: Lehman/AIG Anniversary Reminds Us – Unraveling Wall Street Reform Ends in Disaster
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement marking the seventh anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the bailout of AIG this week in 2008: “This week’s anniversary of the Lehman Brothers and AIG crash is a timely reminder that unraveling Wall Street reform is
Senator Merkley Announces USDA Grant to Spur Local Crowdfunding Investment in Eastern Oregon Small Businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced the award of a $49,275 USDA grant to the nonprofit Hatch Innovation, Inc. to connect rural small businesses with local people who want to invest in them through Oregon’s newly launched crowdfunding investment process. Crowdfunding is a new, innovative method
44 Senators Push SEC to Require Public Companies to Disclose their Political Spending to Shareholders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Forty-four U.S. Senators today pressed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to complete a rulemaking that would require public companies to disclose political spending to their shareholders, bringing increased transparency to the U.S. political process in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. The
Merkley, Wyden and Walden Ask TSA to Bring Passenger and Baggage Screening Back to Klamath Falls Airport
Portland, OR – Today, Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Congressman Greg Walden wrote to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) urging it to resume passenger and baggage screening at the Crater Lake KIamath Regional Airport. Klamath Falls has been successful in attracting a new commercial air carrier to
Merkley Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement in support of the Iran nuclear deal: “Just after Labor Day, the U.S. Congress will consider a vital question: whether to support or reject an international agreement intended to ensure that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon “This
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