Jeff está comprometido con la protección de los derechos y libertades de todos los estadounidenses. Desde su creación, nuestra nación ha recorrido un largo camino hacia la igualdad y la justicia, pero aún queda mucho trabajo por hacer. Todos los estadounidenses merecen la oportunidad de vivir, trabajar y tener éxito sin sufrir discriminación.
Oregon Delegation Demands Reversal of Trump Attacks on Programs Serving Tribal Communities
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden—along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—joined over 100 Members of Congress to demand that the Trump Administration stop and reverse its dangerous efforts to fire employees and defund programs that serve Tribes and Tribal members. The lawmakers directed President
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Question HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for America’s Families
Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined an effort to press U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner about the alarming consequences of a recently announced “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) Task Force that threatens to seriously hinder HUD’s
Senators Markey, Merkley, Welch Press Google on Changes to AI Commitments
Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 19, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai with concerns that the company has recently reversed promises to not develop potentially
Wyden, Merkley Call for Reinstatement of Inspectors General Illegally Fired by Trump
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are demanding the immediate reinstatement of Inspectors General (IGs) from at least 18 government agencies, in a letter to Donald Trump strongly condemning his recent decision to remove them from their crucial posts. The IGs who were
Merkley Applauds Investigation into TSA’s Unchecked Use of Facial Recognition Technology at Airports Nationwide
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today released the following statement in response to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari launching an investigation into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) use of facial biometric data: “We only get one face, and everyone who values privacy, freedom,
Wyden y Merkley copatrocinan una resolución que condena los indultos a criminales condenados por agredir a agentes de policía del Capitolio
La resolución es una respuesta directa al indulto de Trump a más de 1.500 insurrectos del 6 de enero, incluidos los condenados por agresiones violentas a agentes de policía Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron hoy que se han unido a 47 de sus colegas del Senado para presentar una resolución que condena los indultos a individuos