Press Releases

Wyden, Merkley Call for Automatic and Swift Tariff Tax Refunds, Real Relief for Small Businesses and Families

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) led several Senate Democrats today, including U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), in calling on the Trump administration to put in place an automatic tariff refund process that does not create more pain for U.S. small businesses and families in Oregon and nationwide.  In a letter to Customs and Border

Merkley Statement on Newport Helicopter Weekend Rescue

Washington, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley made the following statement after the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter in Newport helped rescue five fisherman off the Oregon Coast this weekend. “This weekend’s rescue of five fishermen off the Oregon Coast is just another example of why the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision

Merkley Encourages Oregonians to Support Small Businesses over Holiday Weekend

Portland, OR – Oregon’s Senator Merkley helped kick off the holiday shopping season today when he visited small businesses in Northwest Portland today to encourage Oregonians to support small business during the holiday season. Senator Merkley also highlighted a local small business campaign called Little Boxes that encourages Oregonians to

VIDEO RELEASE: Merkley Grills New York Fed President on Too Big To Jail

WASHINGTON – Today, as the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on whether banking regulators have become too close to the banks they oversee, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley grilled the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on whether a lack of individual prosecutions at big banks shows

Merkley on Senate Commodities Report: “Extremely Disturbing,” Regulators Must Act

WASHINGTON – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report and held hearings finding that Wall Street banks have become heavily involved in the ownership and control of physical commodities, raising the potential for market manipulation. The commodities involved

Merkley Statement on EPA Proposed Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions

WASHINGTON — Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on the EPA’s proposed accounting framework for biogenic CO2 emissions, which will help provide more certainty and encourage job creation in the biomass industry in Oregon: “The new draft accounting framework and guidance memo released by the EPA today are

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