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Following Institute of Medicine Study Confirming Agent Orange Exposure, Bipartisan Group of Senators Calls on VA Secretary to Ensure Post Vietnam Air Force Veterans Receive Proper Benefits and Compensation

February 4, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of senators led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today called on VA Secretary Robert McDonald to ensure that veterans long denied care for exposure to Agent Orange receive timely and proper benefits and compensation. The letter follows a

Senators call for VA benefits for post-Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange

February 4, 2015

Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange on contaminated C-123 aircraft after the Vietnam War deserve compensation and benefits, and the Veterans Administration should stop denying them, a bipartisan group of senators led by North Carolina’s Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter on

Military spouses gain new education benefits as VA implements Merkley legislation

October 21, 2014

Portland, OR – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley commended today’s announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that the Fry Scholarship will be available starting on November 3, 2014 to spouses of servicemembers who died on active duty. This expanded scholarship comes as a result of legislation authored by Senator

Two Oregon nonprofits awarded a combined $9 million to battle homelessness among veterans

October 1, 2014

Transition Projects of Portland and St. Vincent DePaul Society of Lane County were awarded grants by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the agency announced Tuesday. Transition Projects will get $6 million and St. Vincent DePaul $3 million under the agency’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families program. The SSVF program, along with a joint program between the

Merkley Announces $9 Million in Federal Grants for Homeless Veterans in Oregon

October 1, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC — Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that communities in Oregon will receive $9 million in new funding to help homeless veterans and their families find housing and other services to get them back on their feet. This funding comes from the Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF)

Beaverton Navy veteran Robert Thornhill to see his GI Bill enhancement become federal law

August 5, 2014

When President Obama signs the VA Reform Bill this Thursday, a Beaverton Navy veteran can turn to his next mission. Part of the package of the legislation that Congress passed before leaving Washington, D.C., for the August recess is a provision that allows surviving spouses to take advantage of educational

Congress Passes Merkley Bill in Veterans Compromise

July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today the Senate passed compromise legislation to reform the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and improve veterans’ benefits, which includes a provision authored by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley to expand educational benefits to spouses of service members who die in the line of the duty. The bill, which was passed

Bipartisan Merkley Bill Included in Veterans Compromise

July 28, 2014

WASHINGTON – As the Chairs of the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees today unveiled compromise legislation to reform the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and improve veterans’ benefits, they announced that the legislation will include a bipartisan provision authored by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley to expand tuition benefits for spouses

Following New Report, Oregon Senators Call for Changes at Local VA Hospitals and Accountability for Those Who Let Down Oregon’s Veterans

June 9, 2014

WASHINGTON – Following the release of a new report that revealed vast numbers of Oregon veterans have been unable to access care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden called Monday for renewed accountability and dramatic action to turn around a

Wyden, Merkley and Sanders Introduce New Bill to Bring Accountability to the VA

June 4, 2014

Washington, D.C. – Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and several of their Senate colleagues in introducing a bill late yesterday to bring accountability to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to cut through the red tape that keeps veterans waiting far too long