MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL RESOLUTION CELEBRATING NATIONAL NURSES WEEK
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Mississippi’s U.S. Senator Roger Wicker teamed up with Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing National Nurses Week. The resolution honors and celebrates
MERKLEY, MURRAY, WICKER, BOOZMAN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO LOWER TAX BURDEN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE NURSES
Thursday, May 4, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and John Boozman (R-AR), teamed up to introduce the bipartisan Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act, legislation to ensure that nurses in the federal Nurse Corps are not required to
WYDEN, MERKLEY, DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING FIFTH CIRCUIT TO REVERSE TEXAS DISTRICT COURT’S RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE
253 Members of Congress ask the Fifth Circuit to reverse Texas district court’s ruling in its entirety Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with 253 members of Congress, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today in the
WYDEN, MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE DOCTORS CAN PROVIDE LEGAL ABORTION CARE, PROTECT PROVIDERS FROM OUT OF STATE EXTREMISTS
Friday, April 28, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they and Senate colleagues have reintroduced legislation that would protect abortion providers in Oregon and nationwide from Republicans’ attempts to restrict their practice and create uncertainty about their legal liability. “Abortion access in Oregon
MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES PRESS FDA FOR TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF BAN ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES, FLAVORED CIGARS
On the one-year anniversary of FDA announcement of proposed rules to end the sale of menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and a ban on all flavors in cigars, lawmakers remain concerned about the timing, implementation, and enforcement of these rules. Friday, April 28, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s
MERKLEY, CORNYN, TUBERVILLE, KHANNA, AND CARTER INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO END CHILDREN’S ABUSE IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS
Paris Hilton, Abuse Survivors Join Lawmakers at Capitol Press Conference Thursday, April 27, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Texas’ U.S. Senator John Cornyn, Alabama’s U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville and Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) and Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA-01) to introduce the bipartisan Stop Institutional
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