Press Releases

Oregon Airports to Receive Nearly $19 Million in Federal Investment

Airports receiving federal funds include those in Independence, John Day, Klamath Falls, Madras, Medford, Portland, and Tillamook Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, as well as U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05), announced that eight Oregon airports will receive a combined federal investment

Leader Schumer, And Ranking Members Merkley, Durbin, Peters, Whitehouse, Heinrich Statement On Successfully Striking GOP’s First Attempt To Fund $1 Billion For Trump’s Gilded Ballroom In Republican Bill

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),

Merkley: It’s Time For Bold Action to Address Nation’s Challenges

Jeff Merkley was sworn in today as Oregon’s U.S. Senator.  Senator Merkley issued the following statement outlining the challenges that face the new Congress and our nation and the work that must be done.  A telephone quality actuality of the statement is available. “Three decades ago, when I came to

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