Merkley Applauds Senate Passage of Housing Provisions to Crack Down on Hedge Fund Control of American Homes
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—a long-time champion of kicking hedge funds out of the housing market—released the following statement after the Senate passed sweeping housing legislation that includes the first-ever limits on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes: “Housing in our communities should be homes for families, not profit centers
Wyden, Merkley Demand Answers from Defense Department on the School Bombing and Civilian Casualties in Iran
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today pressed the Department of Defense to provide answers to the American people regarding the airstrikes on a school and civilian casualties in Iran. Trump’s Defense Department airstrikes on a girls’ elementary school reportedly killed 168 people – mostly children –
Wyden, Merkley, Crapo Call on Trump to Prioritize Opening Japanese Market to U.S. Potatoes
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Jeff Merkley, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, with Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today asked Donald Trump to prioritize gaining market access for U.S. fresh potatoes during Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s
Senate Committee Passes Merkley-Backed Fix to End “Fire-Borrowing” that Raids Wildfire Prevention Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has passed legislation that includes a provision fought for by Merkley to finally end the practice of “fire-borrowing” and allow wildfire-fighting efforts to use natural disaster emergency funds during the worst fire years. Currently, wildfires
Following Push by Merkley and Burr, C-123 Veterans Will Receive Care and Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a years-long push by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it will reverse previous policies that had denied veterans’ claims and allow veterans who flew on Agent Orange-contaminated C-123 planes following the Vietnam
At Meals on Wheels Center, Merkley Announces Introduction of Older Americans CARE Act to Help Seniors Continue to Live in Their Own Homes
Portland, OR – Visiting the downtown Meals on Wheels People dining center, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced the introduction of the Older Americans Community Access Revitalization and Education (CARE) Act in the Senate next week to help older Americans stay in their own homes and communities as they age.
Merkley Statement on House Trade Vote
WASHINGTON, DC—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the US House of Representatives vote on the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, a key part of the “fast track” trade proposal: “When crafting a new trade structure our national objective should be raising wages and living standards for middle-class Americans.
Merkley Intensifies Pressure on VA to Help C-123 Veterans Affected by Agent Orange Exposure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced that he is intensifying pressure on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to extend long-overdue care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to dangerous levels of Agent Orange serving on post-Vietnam C-123 aircraft, placing a hold, along with Senators
Senator Merkley Leads Group of 32 Senators to Urge Consumer Agency to Issue “Strongest Possible Rules” to Stop Predatory Payday Lending
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) considers new rules to rein in predatory practices in payday and similar types of lending, Senator Merkley and 31 of his Senate colleagues expressed their support today for the initial steps the agency has taken and urged the agency to
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