WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Pingree Press EPA & Interior Ahead of Proposed RIFs * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, in their roles as Ranking Members of the Senate and House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittees, called on the Trump Administration to immediately halt impending Reductions in Force (RIFs) at the Department of Interior and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In letters to Inter more PR