Press Releases

Shaheen, Duckworth, Schatz, Rosen, Merkley, Kim, Slotkin Statement on Meeting with the Speaker of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released a statement following a meeting with the President of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, Speaker Han Kuo-Yu, and

Merkley Statement on Trump’s Request for Nearly $88 Billion To Fund His Illegal War and Illegal Tariffs

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump formally requested that Congress spend an additional $88 billion in the form of a supplemental request. The majority of these funds would be spent to cover the costs and replenish wasted ammunitions from Trump’s war of choice with Iran while also covering the cost of his illegal tariffs that have hurt families and farmers across the country. Following this news, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Major Credit Bureau CEOs Protect Student Loan Borrowers

Senators: Inaccurate Credit Reports Increase Financial Burden on Student Loan Borrowers and Prevent Them From Obtaining Strong Financial Standing Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined Democratic Senate colleagues today in demanding the CEOs of three major credit report bureaus, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion, immediately take

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: 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.

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