Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Employees Attacked for Exercising their Right to Free Speech
Senators’ effort comes on one-year anniversary of “Declaration of Dissent” letter and follows recent revelations that EPA legal counsel advised against disciplinary action due to employees’ First Amendment rights Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in pressing the Trump administration to reverse disciplinary actions
Krishnamoorthi, Bynum, Merkley, Booker Urge EPA to Begin Monitoring Microplastics in America’s Drinking Water
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Tuesday led a bicameral letter, joined by 53 of their colleagues, urging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to add microplastics to the agency’s recently published Sixth Unregulated Contaminant
Merkley Joins Bipartisan Push to Help Teachers and First Responders Achieve Homeownership
Washington, D.C. –Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced he joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in supporting the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, legislation to help teachers and first responders buy homes in the communities they serve. “Across Oregon, teachers and first responders are vital
Wyden and Merkley Introduce Bill to Protect 200,000 Acres of Wild Lands in Oregon
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today renewed their commitment to protecting the state’s most pristine and environmentally significant areas by introducing a bill to designate more than 200,000 acres of land as wilderness or national recreation areas and add more than 250 miles to the Wild
Merkley Statement on King v. Burwell Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in King v. Burwell: “I’m relieved that millions of Americans will continue to have access to quality, affordable health insurance. This case never should have gone this far, but the Court
Oregon Delegation Members Applaud Success of OHSU Knight Cancer Challenge to Raise $1 Billion for Cancer Care and Research
Washington, DC – Today, the Oregon Congressional delegation, including Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader and Greg Walden, welcomed Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) announcement on meeting its Knight Cancer Challenge, raising $1 billion for cancer care and research
Merkley Statement on Senate Passage of “Fast Track”
WASHINGTON, DC — Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed “fast track” trade legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other future trade deals: “When crafting a new trade structure, our national objective should be raising wages and living standards for middle-class Americans. Past trade
Merkley Statement on Committee Passage of Bill to Increase Transportation Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, of which he is a member, passed a bipartisan bill to authorize renewal of the Highway Trust Fund and increased transportation funding over the next six years: “There is no
“These Unacceptable Delays Must Come to an End:” Senators Press Administration to Finally Finish Rule that Would Regulate E-Cigarettes, Other Tobacco
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the six-year anniversary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act passed by this week, in an unsparing new letter nine U.S. Senators blasted the Obama Administration’s failure to finalize anti-tobacco regulations, calling the delays “unacceptable” and noting that youth use of new tobacco products
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