Press Releases

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)

Merkley, Levin: Ban on High Risk Trades Victory for Workers and Businesses

WASHINGTON, DC – Early this morning, a House-Senate conference committee completed work on legislation to reform the practices of Wall Street.  The conference report contains provisions similar to those laid out earlier this year by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Michigan Senator Carl Levin.  Senators Merkley and Levin issued the

Merkley, Chu Commemorate 40th Anniversary of Title X Family Planning Services

Washington, D.C. – Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), today introduced a Congressional Resolution celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title X of the Public Health Service Act.  The legislation was the first Federal program to provide low-income Americans with family planning services that they otherwise could not

Oregon Caves and Devil’s Staircase Protection Bills Pass Energy Committee

Washington, D.C. – Marking another milestone in the fight to protect Oregon’s natural resources for future generations, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced that a pair of bills designed to provide protections for two of Oregon’s greatest natural resources have been approved by the Senate Energy

Wyden, DeFazio, Merkley Introduce Chetco River Protection Bills in House and Senate

Washington, D.C. – Seeking to protect the Chetco River from expanded suction dredge mining that threatens salmon and steelhead breeding grounds, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced bills in both the House and the Senate to permanently raise the federal

Merkley Unveils New Plan to Eliminate America’s Dependence on Overseas Oil

Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released an ambitious plan to eliminate America’s dependence on overseas oil by 2030 (online here).  In a speech before the Center for American Progress, Merkley laid out the national security, economic and health reasons that such a plan is needed to

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