WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (Ore.) led 81 Members of Congress in urging Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to immediately engage with the Israeli government on the potential evictions of more than 1,000 Palestinians from their homes in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank. In a bicameral letter, the lawmakers raised urgent concerns that evictions could spa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on May 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., with 40 members of Congress, called on Google to stop collecting and retaining location information, to prevent extremist prosecutors from using that information to identify people obtaining abortions, in a letter sent today. "We believe that abortion is health care. We will fight tooth and nail to ensure that it remains re more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: This week the Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing on two bills introduced by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. -- the Water for Conservation and Farming Act and the Watershed Results Act -- that address drought and would protect Oregon's water supplies. This hearing is a key step to get a committee vote to send these bills to the full Senate for consideration. "In Oregon, com more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, involving a member day hearing on May 18, 2022, on cannabis laws: * * * As states, territories, and tribes take action to address the failed and discriminatory War on Drugs, Congress has a responsibility to heed the public's call for these reforms through the annual appropriations process. My top priority this Fiscal Ye more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, chair of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 17, 2022, entitled "Examining Ways to Improve the Juvenile Justice System and Support America's Young People": * * * Today's hearing will focus on how we can improve the juvenile justice system and better support America's young people. This is a particularly relevant topic as we commemorate th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) announced that Congresswoman Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-Puerto Rico) will join her as the new Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Oceans Caucus. Gonzalez-Colon is filling the position formerly held by the late Congressman Don Young (R-AK). Bonamici has served as a Co-Chair of the House Oceans Caucus since 2017. "Protecting our ocean must be a bipa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) released the following statements after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a revised Proposed Determinati more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a major speech on the Biden administration's China policy. "Competition with China is not for competition's sake. We have to compete effectively with China because it's become increasingly clear we have very different visi more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on May 23, 2022: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after testing positive for COVID. "Today, after having a close contact, I took a COVID test that came back positive. I'm experiencing mild symptoms so far -- I know that can change -- and attribute that to being vaccinated and boosted. "I strongly encourage all Oregonians and Americans to take advantage of available more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up with Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Thune (R-SD), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and James Risch (R-ID) to announce a bipartisan Senate Resolution condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war as well as recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine. Menendez serves as the Chair, Risch serves as the Ranking Memb more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), are joined by Senators Pat Leahy (D-VT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) on a letter to Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, urging the United States to use the aftermath results of the May 9 Philippines general election as an opportunity to reset the U.S.-Philippines relationship with a strong focus o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release and letter on May 24, 2022: In response to the declaration by Mazars, former President Donald Trump's longtime accounting firm, that a decade worth of financial statements should no longer be considered reliable, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., continued his oversight of former President Trump's financial conflicts of interest, and compliance with tax law more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today joined colleagues in introducing legislation that would ensure continued health coverage for workers, even during strikes and lock-outs. The Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act would ensure that striking workers continue to receive health benefits earned and negotiated in their contracts by penalizing an employer for terminating the coverage of an employee's  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on April 7, 2022, entitled "The IRS, the President's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, and the 2022 Filing Season": * * * The biggest trade and economic security stories in the world today are Russia and China. Their governments are united in putting up barriers to American products and American values. Since Putin launched his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $3,978,520 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) headed to four Oregon communities to assist with expenses related restoring and modernizing water infrastructure damaged by wildfire, droughts, and other extreme weather events ? "Oregonians' resilience has been inspiring through the recent e more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a total of $3,978,520 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) headed to four Oregon communities to assist with expenses related restoring and modernizing water infrastructure damaged by wildfire, droughts, and other extreme weather events? "Oregonians' resilience has been inspiring through the recent extre more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today released a discussion draft for telehealth policies as a part of the committee's ongoing work to improve mental health care across the nation, which has included a public call for comments and three hearings to help devel more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Oregon will receive a total of $1.65 million from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for ecosystem restoration projects throughout the state. * "The passage of the once-in-a-generation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has provided the Bureau of Land Management with the unique opportunity to put people to work in rural Oregon addressin more PR

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Oregon will receive a total of $1.65 million from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for ecosystem restoration projects throughout the state. "The passage of the once-in-a-generation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has provided the Bureau of Land Management with the unique opportunity to put people to work in rural Oregon addressing som more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 27, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has selected Boutique Air to continue providing Essential Air Service (EAS) between Pendleton and Portland with 21 nonstop round trips a week between the two cities. "Regular air service is a cornerstone critical for continued economic growth, access to specialty health services and qualit more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 27, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has selected Boutique Air to continue providing Essential Air Service (EAS) between Pendleton and Portland with 21 nonstop round trips a week between the two cities. "Regular air service is a cornerstone critical for continued economic growth, access to specialty health services and quality o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the U.S. Agriculture Department will provide a $220,000 loan and a $300,000 grant to help the Baker Rural Fire Protection District acquire land and a building in Baker City to serve as a new fire station and also as a site for regional training and meetings. "Defending lives and property from the threat of fires is crucial to quality of lif more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the U.S. Agriculture Department will provide a $220,000 loan and a $300,000 grant to help the Baker Rural Fire Protection District acquire land and a building in Baker City to serve as a new fire station and also as a site for regional training and meetings. "Defending lives and property from the threat of fires is crucial to quality of  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 28 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following statement on May 27, 2022, on the result of Oregon's 5th Congressional District primary: * * * "In his service in the Congress, Congressman Kurt Schrader has been a valued and independent voice. He is respected on both sides of the aisle for his commitment to bringing Members together in search of common ground and to delivering for Oregon families. "On the House Committee on Energy and Commerc more PR