WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced the introduction of a resolution standing with Saudi women and pushing for human rights progress in Saudi Arabia. Merkley was joined on the resolution by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced today that they are leading a Senate resolution marking the first week of August as “World Breastfeeding Week” and the month of August as “National Breastfeeding Month.” Joining Merkley and Duckworth on the resolution are Senators Richard
MEDFORD, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today was joined by local health care providers in pushing for the Choose Medicare Act, legislation authored by Merkley. Local health care leaders included Rogue Valley Community Health CEO William North, Siskiyou Community Health CEO Richard Booth, La Clinica CEO Brenda Johnson, and Marya
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and 31 of his male Senate colleagues today joined calls, led by the women of the Senate, for the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders to bring to the Senate floor legislation reforming how Congress handles cases of sexual harassment. On March 28, all
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), joined by U.S. Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), introduced on Wednesday the Choose Medicare Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with 37 Senate Democrats urged the Trump Administration to reverse its decision to roll back protections that prevent states from excluding qualified women’s health care providers from the Medicaid program. The letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joined by Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Al Franken (D-MN), announced the introduction of the Supporting Working Moms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) today announced that “I Am Not Invisible”—a powerful exhibit featuring the stories and contributions of Oregon’s women veterans—has arrived in Washington, D.C. and will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol through October 26th. Merkley and Bonamici helped bring
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their analysis of the latest Republican health care bill: “Even though Republicans tried to rush the CBO so that they wouldn’t be able to give the full details on this diabolical
WASHINGTON, DC [09/14/17] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), a leader on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) joined comprehensive legislation to improve child care and early learning programs. The Child Care for Working Families Act, introduced by Senator Patty Murray
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