Opening the Doors of Opportunity Through Education

Senator Merkley Tours William Walker Elementary School

Beaverton, OR – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley toured William Walker Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon.  As part of his role on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senator Merkley will be instrumental in deliberations about how to update and fix the No Child Left Behind Act.  During

Merkley Announces Donation of Senate Computers to Oregon Schools

Washington D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced today that five Oregon schools and school districts will receive surplus computers from the United States Senate. Three schools and two school districts from the Willamette Valley to Umatilla County will each receive five computers from the U.S. Senate’s Computers for Schools

Honoring the Memory of Senator Edward M. Kennedy

Mr. MERKLEY.    Mr. President, I rise today to remember and honor our colleague Senator Edward Kennedy. I first had the pleasure of hearing Senator Kennedy speak in 1976.  I wanted to come out to Washington, DC, to see how our Nation operates.  I had the great privilege of serving

Merkley Statement on Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy

  WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement on the passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy: “I first saw Senator Kennedy in action when he spoke to Senate interns in 1976.  It was a standing-room-only crowd.  I was tremendously impressed by his principled fight for working

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