WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senator Ed Markey (MA), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to defend transgender Americans' right to access medically-necessary healthcare in the upcoming Supreme Court case U.S. v. Skrmett  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: During its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will hear FDA's appeal of a Fifth Circuit decision that struck down the agency's denials of applications from an e-cigarette manufacturer Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee; and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) l  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, today announced new federal funding to improve one of Portland's most important, high-crash corridors. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding the City of Portland $9.6 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to make essential safety improvements on a seven-mile   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, today announced new federal funding to improve one of Portland's most important, high-crash corridors. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding the City of Portland $9.6 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to make essential safety improvements on a seven-mile segm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to use existing authorities to act now to protect and strengthen behavioral health services for children enrolled in Medicaid and who are in the child welfare system. Wyden's letters to C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Juniper Flats Rural Fire Protection awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant for $757,000 Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $757,143 for the Juniper Flats Rural Protection District in Wasco County to aid in local firefighting efforts. "As we witnessed firsthand this summer in Wasco County and statewide, wildfires devastating Oregon and the entire West Coast are n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the Rogue Valley International Airport and the Prineville Airport have secured more than $10.4 million combined in federal grants for improvements to taxiways, lighting, runways and more. "These federal investments to modernize and improve airports in Medford and Prineville benefit Oregonians relying on these facilities in both communities for the health of  more