WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * As School Year Nears, Merkley, Wyden, & Colleagues Demand Trump Admin End Blockade on Funding for Afterschool Programs, K-12 Schools Across America * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced they joined 30 colleagues in demanding President Trump's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon immediately rel more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Kelly, Padilla, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Immigrants U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) led a group of 21 Senate Democrats in pressi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Press Trump Admin on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Arrest Immigrants * According to recent reports, the administration has targeted noncriminal immigrants who show up for their court hearings WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 22 of their Senate colleagues to call out the Trump administration's recent efforts to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Leads 30+ Senate Colleagues in Effort to Protect California's Proposition 12 * "The Food Security and Farm Protection Act would harm America's small farmers and infringe on the fundamental rights of states to establish laws and regulations within their own borders." This letter follows an announcement last week from the Trump administration seeking to undermine Proposition 12 a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Oregon Tribe Partners with Agricultural Producers to Restore Salmon and Steelhead Habitat * To restore degraded fish habitat on private lands, NOAA partners with organizations that work directly with landowners to find solutions that benefit everyone. One such partner, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, is based in Eastern Oregon. They have spent decades buildi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Introduces Legislation to Require ICE Officers to Display Clear Identification * Oregon senator also joins 13 Democrats in a letter to DHS requesting information about ICE's use of unidentified plainclothes agents Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said today he has introduced new legislation prohibiting immigration enforcement officers from concealing their identity during enfo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Presses Trump Administration Over Misleading Statements on Wildland Firefighting Preparedness and Capability * Senator's letter follows U.S. Forest Service Chief Schultz's misleading testimony in a Senate hearing about Trump's proposed Forest Service budget Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today demanded answers from the Trump administration following multiple misleading statem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle, Salinas, Dexter Announce $5.15 Million for Airports Across Oregon * Federal funds coming to airports in Aurora, Portland, Newport, Salem, John Day and Brookings. Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle, Andrea Salinas and Maxine Dexter today announced $5.15 million combined in federal infrastructure investments at air more PR