Recent News About Jeff Merkley
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Merkley, Cassidy, Hinson, Adams Team Up to Sound the Alarm on the Silent Stillbirth Crisis
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Louisiana’s U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. joined forces with U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Alma Adams (D-NC-12) to announce the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2023.
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Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $46,000 for Air Quality Tracking Headed to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden on July 11 announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding a total of $46,356 to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) for air monitoring to help improve public health data.
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Merkley, Wyden Announce Nearly $20 Million Coming to Oregon for Forest Conservation and Management
Funding to go toward the Tualatin Mountain Forest, Minam Conservation and Connectivity Projects
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Merkley Announces July Town Halls
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced on July 7 he is continuing to hold in-person town halls in 2023 with community conversations in four Oregon counties in July: Multnomah, Washington, Columbia, and Lane Counties.
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Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $2 Million for Manufacturing Extension Services
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced on July 7 that the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Program (OMEP) was awarded $2,217,708 to provide public-private partnerships to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in Oregon.
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Wyden, Merkley: Mosier Community School One of 24 Schools Nationwide to Earn Funding for Resilient, Energy Efficient Renovation
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on July 3 announced that Mosier Community School has earned a nearly $870,000 federal grant to support resilient, energy efficient improvements to the building.
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Merkley: Supreme Court Trampled Nondiscrimination Laws to Push Anti-LGBTQ+ Agenda
Senator calls for passage of Equality Act to add sexual orientation and gender identity to protected classes in public accommodations
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Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $800,000 for Access to Safe and Clean Drinking Water in Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Communities
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced on June 29 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $826,000 to the state of Oregon to support projects and activities that will help underserved, small and disadvantaged communities to access and...
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Merkley, Wyden Announce $17 Million for Climate-friendly Transit in Oregon
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced June 28 that the Federal Transportation Administration is awarding transit districts in Oregon $17,129,662 for the purchase or lease of low- or no-emission vehicles, and related equipment or facilities.
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Doggett, Merkley, and Others Urge Epa for More Aggressive Action Against Plastic Pollution
On June 27, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and 64 Members urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan to do more to reduce plastic waste and pollution and prevent microplastics from entering our waterways.
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Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said June 27 they have joined with colleagues in introducing a Senate resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month.
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Merkley Announces Committee Action to Invest $31 Million for Oregon Air National Guard Training Facilities
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on June 27 that he secured two community-initiated projects with Senator Wyden totaling $31 million for the Oregon Air National Guard in the FY 24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies funding bill.
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Merkley, Wyden, and Blumenauer Announce Nearly $45 Million Coming to Oregon for Major Transportation Improvements
Projects to support road-way safety in Hood River, Bend, and Jackson County by making pedestrian, bicycle improvements
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Merkley: Nearly $700 Million Coming to Oregon to Enhance Broadband Access Across the State
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on June 26 applauded the news that a total of $688,914,932.17 in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding is heading to Oregon.
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Merkley Effort to Enable VA Providers to Discuss Medical Cannabis With Veterans Passes Key Hurdle
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley successfully passed an amendment to the FY 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to protect veterans’ ability to discuss with VA physicians the use of medical cannabis in states where it is legal.
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Farms, Food, and Fiber: Merkley Announces Committee Action Investments in Oregon Agriculture and Rural Communities
Funding included in the fiscal year 2024 Senate agriculture funding bill champions family farms, rural housing, broadband, and more
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Amid National Pollinator Week, Merkley Convenes Second Annual Monarch Butterfly Summit
Experts reconvene a year after first summit to discuss Pollinator Conservation Center status and conservation actions to save this iconic species
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As States Across the Country Strip Away LGBTQ+ Rights, Merkley, Baldwin, Booker, Takano Introduce Urgently Needed Protections Through the Equality Act
Despite significant steps forward, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) Americans around the country are facing an uptick in discrimination and dangerous state-sponsored legislation.
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Merkley, Welch, Dingell Crack Down on Pharmaceutical Greed, Introduce Bill to End Prescription Drugs Price Gouging
Bicameral legislation would help ensure Americans can get the medicines they need—provides roadmap to make sure Americans aren’t charged more than patients in other developed countries for the same drugs
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Wyden, Merkley Announce More Than $50 Million to Grant County and Beyond for Rural Broadband Infrastructure
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on June 20 announced that two organizations have earned $50 million in federal loans and grants for high-speed rural internet projects in Grant County and beyond.