Press Releases

February 07, 2019

Wyden, Merkley Press Power-5 Conferences to Toughen Sexual Assault Policies

Washington, D.C. - Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked the commissioners of the Pac-12, ACC, SEC, Big 10 and Big 12 conferences to take serious and meaningful steps to address the misconduct and sexual violence within their athletics programs. In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the letter to the commissioners of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Power 5 conferences was signed by Senators Patty Murray, Maggie Hassan, Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith and … Continue Reading


February 07, 2019

Merkley, Wyden Announce Millions of Dollars for Oregon in Fight Against Homelessness

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced nearly $3 million in Continuum of Care grants across the state, providing resources to help house and provide supportive services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness. "As communities in Oregon face their biggest housing affordability crises in decades, with rents dramatically outpacing incomes, we must do everything we can to make sure families have the supportive services they need," … Continue Reading


February 05, 2019

Wyden Response to Trump’s State of the Union Address

Washington, D.C. - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on Donald Trump's State of the Union Address: "It was stunning to hear a President plead with Congress to set aside its constitutional duty to conduct vigorous oversight. I walked out tonight reflecting on the sacred American principle that no one is above the law. The state of the union is clear: Donald Trump is steering America in the wrong … Continue Reading


February 05, 2019

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Slam Trump Administration for its Unprecedented Use of Active Duty Troops on Southern U.S. Border

Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have joined colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan sharply criticizing the Trump administration's newly-extended deployment of thousands of active duty servicemembers to the southern U.S. border. The senators demanded a rationale for the latest deployment extension-answers that are even more pressing as the administration announced on Sunday it will deploy more troops to the border. "With … Continue Reading


February 01, 2019

Wyden Joins Bipartisan Effort For Timely DoD Audit

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today joined 25 of his colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan requesting his commitment to timely completion of a full audit of the Department of Defense (DoD) in FY2019. "We commend Mr. Norquist and the Department of Defense for finishing its first-ever complete audit required by the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. This was a critical first step to bring greater transparency and … Continue Reading


January 31, 2019

Wyden, Tester Reintroduce Bill Targeting “Dark Money” in Politics

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jon Tester today reintroduced the Spotlight Act, a bill to shine a light on dark money political donors and hold the Trump Administration accountable to enforce our nation's campaign finance laws. "The Trump Administration's pro-dark money rule allows foreign powers and special interests to spread their influence even deeper into our democracy, so it's got to go before the next election," said Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance … Continue Reading


January 30, 2019

Merkley, Wyden Join Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Close Gender Wage Gap

Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today joined their colleagues in introducing the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. "Equal pay isn't just an issue of fairness, it's also about economic security for working families," Merkley said. "It's simply outrageous that a giant pay gap still exists. We need to get serious about our … Continue Reading


January 30, 2019

Wyden, Merkley, Crapo, Risch, Manchin, Murkowski Urge Feds to Deliver SRS Payments ASAP

Washington, D.C. - Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and James Risch, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski today urged federal officials to deliver Secure Rural Schools (SRS) payments as quickly as possible in the aftermath of the government shutdown. In their bipartisan letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Acting Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt, the senators said rural residents in their states are concerned … Continue Reading


January 30, 2019

Wyden, Merkley Announce Central Oregon Non-Profit to Get $1.1 Million Grant

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Heart of Oregon Corps, Inc. in Bend will receive a $1.1 million federal grant to help at-risk students with education and training. The U.S. Department of Labor grant will go toward the central Oregon non-profit’s YouthBuild program. YouthBuild uses pre-apprenticeships to help young people considered at risk complete high school or state equivalency degree programs, earn industry-recognized credentials … Continue Reading


January 28, 2019

Wyden, Merkley Call for Investigation into Conditions of Migrant Children Detained at Southern Border

Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley recently joined 20 of their Democratic colleagues in calling on the federal Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Comptroller General to investigate conditions of children detained by the Customs and Border Patrol Agency (CBP), following the death of two migrant children at the Southern border last year. "We believe it is imperative that your office open an investigation not only into the circumstances of these two … Continue Reading


January 28, 2019

Wyden, Blumenauer Urge Regulators to Help Oregon Craft Beverage Industry in Shutdown Aftermath

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer today pressed federal regulators to turn their attention immediately to processing applications from Oregon's craft brewers, vintners, cider makers, and distillers. In their letter to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Oregon lawmakers noted that the 35-day partial government shutdown halted TTB's processing of vital applications, generating a backlog of applications for these job-creating … Continue Reading


January 28, 2019

Wyden, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Administration to Pay Federal Workers Affected by the Shutdown Immediately

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today joined a bipartisan letter with 28 of his colleagues to Margaret M. Weichert, Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), urging the Trump administration to provide back pay for federal workers as soon as possible. "More than 800,000 federal workers have gone without pay because the government shutdown locked them out of their jobs or required them to work without pay. These workers need to know now when they will … Continue Reading


January 25, 2019

Merkley, Wyden Introduce Legislation to Crack Down on Foreign Countries that Help Alleged Criminals Escape Accountability in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today introduced two new pieces of legislation that would impose significant consequences on foreign consulates that help their citizens escape legal accountability within the U.S. Merkley and Wyden's legislation follows investigative reporting by the Oregonian that found Saudi consular officials within the U.S. helped Abdulrahmeen Sameer Noorah, a Saudi national, escape the U.S. soon before his trial. Noorah was charged with … Continue Reading


January 24, 2019

Wyden Introduces Bill to Help Federal Workers During Shutdown

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today introduced legislation that would ensure federal employees can have access to money from their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) without penalty during the government shutdown. The Emergency Relief for Federal Workers Act of 2019 would waive penalties and contribution prohibitions as a result of financial hardship during the shutdown. "This Trump shutdown was wrong from the get-go, and the hundreds of thousands of workers going without paychecks shouldn't … Continue Reading


January 24, 2019

Wyden, Crapo Lead Bipartisan Bill to Make Rail Investment Tax Credit Permanent

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today introduced the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act, which would make permanent a critical tax credit used to repair and upgrade short line and regional railroads in Oregon and nationwide. "Short line and regional railroads provide an essential economic link for small manufacturers and communities in Oregon and across the nation," said Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance … Continue Reading


January 24, 2019

Senators Call on FCC and FTC to Investigate How Wireless Carriers Sold American’s Mobile Phone Locations To Data Brokers, Bounty Hunters and Shady Middlemen

Washington, D.C. -A group of 15 senators today called on the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission to investigate how wireless carriers allowed third parties - including data brokers and bounty hunters - to track Americans' cell phones without consent. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Ben Cardin, D-Md., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Amy … Continue Reading


January 24, 2019

Oregon Members Call for Unemployment Insurance for All Federal Employees

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Kurt Schrader, along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, and Peter DeFazio, sent a letter today to the Department of Labor asking to make clear that federal employees deemed "essential" or "excepted" may be eligible for unemployment insurance. The Members wrote: "The 2013 Employment and Training Administration (ETA) guidance memo […] states that 'essential' or 'excepted' federal workers may be ineligible … Continue Reading


January 23, 2019

Wyden Seeks Information on Trump Shutdown Impact on Federal Protections From Robocallers and Scammers

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today joined with a dozen senators to ask federal officials how the shutdown is impeding the ability of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to protect American consumers from robocallers and scammers. The letter from Wyden and other senators to the FTC comes in the wake of a report by The Washington Post that the government shutdown could cause illegal and scamming robocalls to rise dramatically because the FTC was not funded, thus unable to administer … Continue Reading


January 23, 2019

Merkley, Wyden Join Push To Protect Dreamer Data

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that they are cosponsoring the Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2019, a bill to safeguard the private information-such as addresses and telephone numbers-of the young immigrants known as Dreamers to ensure they are not targeted by the Trump Administration for deportation. "Dreamers are American in every way that counts," said Merkley. "They trusted the government when they came out of the shadows to enroll … Continue Reading


January 17, 2019

Wyden, Cornyn Introduce Bill to Exempt Trafficking Survivors’ Restitution from Federal Taxes

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Or) and John Cornyn today introduced the Human Trafficking Survivor Tax Relief Act, which would exempt civil damages, restitution, and other monetary awards given to human trafficking survivors from federal income taxes. "Human trafficking survivors are faced with unfair and unnecessary obstacles when trying to seek justice against their abusers," said Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee. "This legislation ends tax penalties on … Continue Reading

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