Press Releases

Oregon Delegation Pushes to Preserve Support for Public Libraries and Museums

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led his Oregon delegation colleagues—Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)—in sounding the alarm over potential federal funding cuts at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which comes as the agency’s entire staff was recently placed on administrative leave.

Merkley, Reed, King Reintroduce Legislation Banning LNG Exports to China

Legislation would also ban exports to U.S. Adversaries Russia, Iran, and North Korea Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today reintroduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act, legislation that would lower prices for American households by banning the export of crude oil or liquefied fossil

Merkley, Levin: Free the Volcker Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate Republicans refused to allow a vote on a long-anticipated amendment to the Wall Street accountability bill that will ban the high-risk trading that brought our economy to the brink of meltdown.  The amendment’s chief sponsors, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Michigan Senator Carl Levin, today

West Coast Senators Introduce Bill to Protect The Pacific Coast from Offshore Oil Drilling

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation today to permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the outer continental shelf of California, Oregon and Washington State. The legislation would amend the Outer Continental Shelf

Senate Passes Merkley-Klobuchar Amendment to Protect Homeowners

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, an amendment put forth by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar to the Wall Street reform bill passed the Senate by a vote of 63-36.  The amendment will protect homeowners by prohibiting mortgage lenders and loan originators from receiving hidden payments when they

Merkley Amendment Stops Foreign Companies from Dodging State Insurance Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Senator Jeff Merkley introduced an amendment today that will improve the Office of National Insurance (ONI) provisions of the Wall Street reform bill to ensure that U.S. and foreign insurers are operating on a level playing field internationally without unintentionally weakening state insurance regulation.   “As

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