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Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Hoyle Announce $1 Million for Airports on Oregon Coast & Willamette Valley

June 27, 2025

Federal grants heading to airports in Tillamook, Astoria, Brookings and Aurora. Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Val Hoyle, today announced $1.08 million combined in federal infrastructure investments at airports in Tillamook, Astoria, Brookings and Aurora. “Federal investments in smaller airports

Wyden, Warner, Merkley and Schumer Highlight Threat to Nursing Homes if GOP Approves Medicaid Cuts

June 27, 2025

Top Senators Reveal New Data from Brown University School of Public Health Showing Financial Stress Facing Nursing Homes Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Finance Committee member Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer,

Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $31 Million in PILT Payments to Support Vital Services in Oregon

June 27, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced counties throughout Oregon will receive a combined total of $31,027,890 in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2025. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT funding helps to defray the costs associated with

Merkley SLAMS Trump OMB Director Vought: Illegal cuts are “devastating and disastrous”

June 25, 2025

Senator Merkley pressed Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought about the harm caused by his withholding of life-saving foreign aid during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Merkley, Bipartisan Group of Senate Appropriators Direct Labor Department to Reverse Closure of Job Corps Centers

June 23, 2025

Letter was signed by nine members of the influential Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a bipartisan group of Senators on the Appropriations Committee—which oversees all government funding—to urge Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to reverse DOL’s decision to begin the closure of Job

Senator Merkley Responds to Student Letters on Climate, LGBTQ+ Rights, and More

June 23, 2025

Senator Merkley responded to letters from students at South Eugene High School and encouraged young people to stay civically engaged and keep speaking out to have a voice in the big decisions that affect their lives.

Wyden, Merkley, Crapo, Risch Celebrate Senate Passage of Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization

June 18, 2025

Washington D.C.— U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., along with U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both R-Idaho, celebrated today’s unanimous Senate passage of their legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through Fiscal Year 2026. “This is a

Merkley: Trump’s Withdrawal from Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement Fails Our Communities

June 17, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration withdrawing from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement (RCBA): “The Columbia River is the lifeblood of our region, and President Trump’s outrageous approach to the basin will leave our communities worse off. We have

Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Cut Red Tape and Provide Essential Services for Oregonians

June 16, 2025

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has partnered with U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Bernie Moreno (R-OH) to introduce the bipartisan Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act, codifying a formal definition of “special district” to ensure that Oregonians can access the critical local services these districts provide.

Merkley, Wyden, 38 Senators Fight Trump’s Cuts to the Job Corps Program

June 9, 2025

In Oregon, Tongue Point, PIVOT, and Springdale Centers at Risk Washington, D.C. – As the Trump Administration attempts to shutter the nation’s largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and 38 Senate colleagues demanded U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer

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Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Hoyle Announce $1 Million for Airports on Oregon Coast & Willamette Valley

Wyden, Warner, Merkley and Schumer Highlight Threat to Nursing Homes if GOP Approves Medicaid Cuts

Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $31 Million in PILT Payments to Support Vital Services in Oregon

Merkley SLAMS Trump OMB Director Vought: Illegal cuts are “devastating and disastrous”

Merkley, Bipartisan Group of Senate Appropriators Direct Labor Department to Reverse Closure of Job Corps Centers

Senator Merkley Responds to Student Letters on Climate, LGBTQ+ Rights, and More

Wyden, Merkley, Crapo, Risch Celebrate Senate Passage of Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization

Merkley: Trump’s Withdrawal from Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement Fails Our Communities

Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Cut Red Tape and Provide Essential Services for Oregonians

Merkley, Wyden, 38 Senators Fight Trump’s Cuts to the Job Corps Program

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