WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20), Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Bob Casey (D-PA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a bicameral group of 100 lawmakers in writing to congressional leadership reaffirming their support for robust funding for child care in the final Fiscal Y  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today a total of $758,810 in funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)'s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund (Pollinator Fund) for two projects that will increase and improve western monarch butterfly and pollinator habitats in Oregon. "We've all experienced the moment of excitement when we spot a monarch butterfl  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has introduced legislation that would roll back exemptions from federal worker rights for Minor League Baseball players. The new Fair Ball Act would enact a narrowly tailored exemption that would only apply if the players are being compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. If the players are not covered by a collective bargaining agr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined his colleagues in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) , urging a swift implementation of life-saving traffic safety provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). "The IIJA included numerous provisions designed to hit the brakes on the nation's traffic safety crisis by addressing alcohol-impair  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Biden-Harris administration announced a proposed rule for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D: "Today's announcement marks an important step to update and strengthen the Medicare guarantee for Americans," Wyden said. "In Medicare Advantage, there are a number of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement today on the announcement that Jamieson Greer will be nominated to serve as U.S. Trade Representative: "Donald Trump has promised to fund tax cuts for the rich with massive tariff price hikes on the products that regular families buy every day. I'm looking forward to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today a total of $758,810 in funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)'s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund (Pollinator Fund) for two projects that will increase and improve western monarch butterfly and pollinator habitats in Oregon. "We've all experienced the moment of excitement when we spot a mo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., today called on Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to select a 2034 World Cup host country with a record of upholding human rights, as human rights watchdogs continue sounding the alarm on Saudi Arabia's deteriorating human rights conditions. "The Saudi regime has long violated human rights and has made no progress  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. "Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it hurts the environment is unacceptable, especially when battling the increasing consequences of the clim  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., today urged President Joe Biden to complete necessary revisions of the executive order governing America's classification and declassification system. "The failures of the current obsolete system have been extensively documented in reports from the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) of the National Archives and the Public Inte  more