Merkley, Wyden: Over $9 Million Coming to Support Opioid Response Programs in Tribal Communities Across Oregon, Pacific Northwest
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
Merkley, Wyden Co-Sponsor Legislation to Revitalize Congressional Check on Rogue Supreme Court Decisions
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have joined legislation that would revitalize Congress’s ability to check the Supreme Court’s inaccurate interpretation of federal law and restore rights by statute that the Court has taken away. “The Supreme Court is making life-altering decisions threatening Americans’ reproductive
Merkley, Wyden: $1 Million Federal Investment Will Build Resiliency to Wildfires, Smoke in Lane County
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that $997,622 is coming to Lane County to build resiliency in the face of climate chaos-fueled wildfires and smoke. This funding under the historic Inflation Reduction Act—the largest investment in climate action in history—will help improve air
Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Salinas, Hoyle Announce $2 Million to Oregon for Soil Health Management
The federal funds will be directed to the University of Oregon Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas and Val Hoyle today announced $2 million in federal funds for soil health programs on Oregon farms made available through the Inflation
Oregon, Washington’s U.S. Senators Urge BPA to Carefully Consider Day-Ahead Electricity Market Decision
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and Washington’s U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell today sent a letter urging the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to make a careful, deliberate decision about which power market to join. Currently, the BPA is considering joining one of
Merkley Statement on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Address to Congress
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress: “I did not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. “I was horrified by Hamas’ horrific terrorist attack on October 7th and fully
In Historic First, Committee Advances Peters, Merkley, Hawley, Ossoff and Rosen Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Member Stock Trading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation, negotiated by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and built off of Merkley’s ETHICS Act, to ban Members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependents from holding, buying, or selling stocks has advanced out of committee. This
Merkley: Momentum Behind Banning Congressional Stock Trading
Bipartisan ETHICS Act Clears Key Hurdle to Head to Senate Floor Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after his legislation to ban Congressional stock trading passed out of committee: “Members of Congress should serve the people, not their portfolios. For the first time,
Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle Announce $16.6 Million to Oregon for Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Projects
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle today announced $16.6 million in federal funds for Oregon habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. “Salmon, fishing and our beautiful outdoors are all central
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