Bonamici, Merkley, Wyden Call on Leadership to Provide $50 Billion for Child Care in Next Coronavirus Relief Package
BEAVERTON, Ore. [04/13/20] – Representative Suzanne Bonamici, Senator Jeff Merkley, and Senator Ron Wyden called on House Leadership to provide $50 billion to support the already-struggling child care sector in the next coronavirus pandemic response package. “Even before the current COVID-19 pandemic, too many families were struggling to find affordable, high-quality
Oregon Delegation Demands Trump Administration Provide Data Necessary to Address Health Disparities Amid Coronavirus Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), and Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), are pushing the Trump administration to monitor and address dangerous health inequities that are disproportionately causing coronavirus-related deaths in minority communities in Oregon
Merkley Statement on Trump WHO Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s subcommittee overseeing multilateral institutions, released the following statement regarding the World Health Organization (WHO) and President Trump’s impending proposal to cut U.S. funding for the WHO. In January, Merkley led a bipartisan push
Merkley, Colleagues Urge Amazon and Walmart to Waive Delivery Fees and Minimum Order Requirements for SNAP Recipients
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), today pushed Amazon and Walmart to waive delivery fees and minimum order requirements for orders placed by customers using Supplemental Food Assistance Program
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand Better Distribution of Critical Medical Supplies, Personal Protective Equipment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 45 Democratic colleagues, are raising serious concerns with the Trump administration about its reliance on private companies to distribute desperately needed medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, which has created a system that lacks transparency, is inefficient,
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Push for More Information, Transparency on Coronavirus Testing Across Country
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 45 of their senate colleagues, are calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to conduct a national inventory of the coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic testing
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