Padilla, Peters, Merkley Sound Alarm on Potential Purging of Eligible Voters Through DHS Database
Senators to DHS Secretary Noem: “As Secretary, you have a responsibility to assure the public that the Department is acting appropriately to protect citizens’ rights and personally identifiable data.” Senators criticize DHS for briefing election denier groups, but not Congress on uses of database on voting records WASHINGTON, D.C. —
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigration Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Immigrants
The Trump administration has been terminating immigration court cases and deporting individuals without due process. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined a group of 21 Senate Democrats in pressing the Trump administration on its recent initiatives to weaponize immigration
Merkley Joins Colleagues in Push for FTC Action to Prevent Corporations from Using Trump’s Chaotic Tariffs as Cover to Price Gouge Americans
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of his Senate colleagues in urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson to investigate corporations that are using tariffs as a cover for price gouging that is raising costs for American families and use the FTC’s full
Wyden, Merkley Announce $15 million in Recovery Package Funding for Low-Income Weatherization Programs
Washington, D.C. – Continuing efforts to make sure low-income Oregonians have safely heated and more energy efficient homes, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced today that Oregon’s Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Programs (WAP) will receive more than $15 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Wyden, Merkley Deliver Good News during Visit Today with Iraq-Bound Oregon Troops Training in Georgia
Fort Stewart, GA – During a visit today with Oregon National Guard troops bound for Iraq next month, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced that the Department of Defense has reversed an earlier order and agreed to keep the Oregon soldiers under their Oregon commanders. “Oregon soldiers and
Merkley Statement on National Unemployment Rate
Washington, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released a statement today following the announcement by the Department of Labor that job losses were lower than expected even though the national unemployment rate climbed to 9.4 percent. “The loss of nearly 350,000 jobs last month is unacceptable. While some experts
Merkley: Attacks On Vote-By-Mail Have No Place in Employee Free Choice Debate
Washington, DC – In recent days, opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act have turned their fire toward a voting method that has been used successfully in Oregon for over a decade: vote-by-mail. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today laid out the facts for these new opponents of vote-by-mail. “Unfortunately, opponents
Merkley, Wyden Announce $35 Million to Restore and Maintain Forest Roads, Watersheds, and Floodplains
Washington D.C. – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Tuesday $35 million in funding to put people to work in Oregon maintaining forest roads, and restoring vital watersheds and floodplains as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “There’s no question that Oregon is still facing massive economic
Merkley: Waves Can Power Clean Energy Economy
Newport, OR – Wave energy can help lead Oregon and America into the clean energy economy. That was one of the conclusions reached at a roundtable conversation organized by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley. Merkley assembled researchers, stakeholders and industry experts for a wave energy roundtable at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.