WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Announces Additional April Town Halls Event in Union County marks his 600 th town hall since elected to the U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will hold 11 more town halls for Oregonians in mid-April, with in-person community conversations across the state from Sunday, April 12 through Tuesday, April 15. These events come in addition to the t  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 5 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Oregon Wild Statement on USDA Secretarial Memo: Looting 60% of America's National Forests for Corporate Profit In response to a secretarial memo focused on expanded logging, Oregon Wild Conservation Director Steve Pedery issued the following statement, calling out the administration's attempt to exploit public fear and override environmental safeguards for the benefit of the logging industry: "  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Cosponsors Legislation to Improve Access to Quality, Affordable Child Care for American Families Republican-proposed funding cuts to pay for tax breaks for billionaires would eliminate child care for 40,000 children, according to recent CLASP analysis WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined his colleagues in introducing bicameral legislation to help American famil  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand RFK Jr. Reverse Mass Firings at Head Start, Office of Child Care Senators to Secretary Kennedy: "The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services...with no clear planning nor considerations for how early childhood services will be impacted" Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore  more