Press Releases

Merkley, Oregon Delegation Decry Sudden Loss of Columbia River Hatchery Funding 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and the Oregon Congressional Delegation members Senator Ron Wyden, and Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Janelle Bynum (OR-05), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), and Maxine Dexter (OR-03) decried the decision of Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to abruptly end its participation in the Safe Area Fisheries Enhancement (SAFE) program. The SAFE program has been operational since 1993, and provides reliable stocks

Peters, Schumer, Murray & Merkley Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding OMB Rescind Rule Giving President Sweeping Power to Politicize Federal Grants

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader; Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, led the entire Senate Democratic caucus in demanding

Merkley, Wyden Fight Trump’s Illegal Gutting of ENERGY STAR Program

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined 20 of their Senate colleagues to demand the Trump Administration immediately reverse course on its plan to illegally and unilaterally terminate the ENERGY STAR program. In their letter, the Senators highlight the cost-saving benefits of the program, which

Merkley Leads Resolution Calling for a National Strategy to Defend Biodiversity

Washington, D.C. – As climate chaos intensifies, threatening more than one million species and creating an unprecedented biodiversity crisis, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley reintroduced a resolution in the Senate to establish a National Biodiversity Strategy. “The impacts of climate chaos are only becoming deadlier and more frequent, and we

Merkley, Wyden Press for Federal Support in Harney County’s Flooding Recovery

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are calling on President Trump to urgently approve Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s request for Individual Assistance (IA) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the Harney County community as they continue to recover from the worst flooding the

During National Nurses Month, Merkley, Collins, Baldwin, Blackburn Champion Bipartisan Bill to Support America’s Nursing Workforce

Joyce, Bonamici, Underwood, Kiggans lead House version of the bill Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Maine’s U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Wisconsin’s U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, and Tennessee’s U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn—along with U.S. Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02)—marked

Murphy, Warren, Merkley, Blumenthal, Liccardo, Advocates Call Out Trump’s Corrupt Meme Coin Dinner, Demand The Release Of Attendees’ Names And What Favors They’re Getting

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday led a press conference with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.), Public Citizen, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and End Citizens United to call out the blatant corruption behind President Trump’s meme coin dinner — a secretive,

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