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Ahead of Busy Holiday Travel Season, Merkley Urges Oversight of TSA’s Unchecked Use of Facial Recognition Technology at Airports Nationwide

November 20, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today joined forces with a bipartisan group of his colleagues to sound the alarm on the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) facial recognition regime in airports across the United States. Merkley co-led the effort with Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA),

Merkley, Wyden Announce $5.4 Million for Hazardous Fuels Transportation Projects to Reduce Wildfire Risk in Oregon

November 14, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced $5,416,405 is coming to Oregon from the Inflation Reduction Act—the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever—for hazardous fuels transportation projects across the state. The federal funding awarded by the U.S. Forest Service will reduce the

Merkley, Sullivan Call Out China’s Human Rights Violations in Southern Mongolia with New Bipartisan Bill

November 14, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Alaska’s U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan today teamed up to introduce new bipartisan legislation that elevates and affirms the human rights of Southern Mongolians in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act would make it U.S.

Merkley, Wyden Announce $10.1 Million Federal Investment for Tualatin Mountain Forest Project

November 1, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is awarding $10,180,000 to boost the Tualatin Mountain Forest Project through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Legacy Program. This new federal funding from the historic Inflation Reduction Act—the largest investment ever to

Merkley, Wyden Celebrate Multi-Million Dollar Federal Investment in Rail Safety, Stronger Supply Chains Across Oregon

October 29, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced $42,712,400 in federal funding is coming to Oregon for five projects to improve railroad safety, efficiency, and reliability across the state. The investment—funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and

Merkley, Wyden Announce $5.3 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for TriMet and PDX Projects

October 28, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that $5,360,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds are headed to the Portland metro region for two transportation projects. The federal grants awarded will support the deployment of new digital technology for Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) light

Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle: $10.2 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Boost Eugene Transportation Projects

October 28, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle announced today $10,215,123 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds are headed to the Eugene area for two transportation projects. The federal grants awarded will support the deployment of a mobility app for residents and fund airport terminal

Merkley Statement on President Biden Issuing a Presidential Apology for Federal Indian Boarding School Era

October 25, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, today released the following statement after reports that President Biden will issue a presidential apology for the Federal Indian Boarding School era and the pain it inflicted on Native American children and Tribal communities for

Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $3 Million Loan for High Speed Internet in Oregon

October 21, 2024

The USDA ReConnect Loan will benefit residents of Clackamas County Washington D.C.— U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal loan of $2.8 million for Clear Creek Communications to expand high-speed internet access to households, businesses and farms in Clackamas County. “It is more important now than

Merkley, Wyden: Over $9 Million Coming to Support Opioid Response Programs in Tribal Communities Across Oregon, Pacific Northwest

October 4, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that $9,343,231 is coming to Tribal communities in Oregon and across the Pacific Northwest to tackle the opioid epidemic by boosting prevention, treatment, and recovery programs. This federal funding is critical to providing Tribes with more resources