WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, NW Members Demand Trump Admin Not Close Portland, Seattle Housing Offices WASHINGTON DC [3/21/25] - Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) led Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representatives Adam Smith (WA-9), Suzan DelBene (WA-1), Val Hoyle (OR-4), Andrea Salinas (OR-6), and Maxine Dexter (OR-03) in demanding that the Trump administration abando  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 21 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * Budget framework pictures $11.4 billion State School Fund, but details still need to be drawn It's official: The Legislature is aiming for an $11.4 billion State School Fund. The Co-Chair Budget Framework, released Wednesday, March 19, is the first indication of how the Legislature intends to spend the state's money. This is truly a framework and not a detailed breakdown   more

SALEM, Oregon, March 21 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * Early literacy, summer learning bills make hearing appearances but still need some work With bills needing to be scheduled by Friday, March 21, for a work session, committee agendas have been quite full. The House Education Committee held four work sessions and four public hearings on Wednesday, March 19. Two of those hearings were on priority education investments: House B  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2025: * * * Merkley Launches Whistleblower Portal for Public, Private Sector Workers to Report Wrongdoing, Illegal Activity Oversight Will be Conducted by Merkley's Budget Committee Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, unveiled a new portal for public and private sector wo  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Condemn President Trump's Move to Revive Cruel Family Detention Policy Senators to Trump: "There is simply no basis for reinstating this cruel, ineffective, and costly practice, particularly when there are effective solutions that, unlike family detention, do not permanently damage children's health and well-being" Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden Condemn President Trump's Move to Revive Cruel Family Detention Policy Senators to Trump: "There is simply no basis for reinstating this cruel, ineffective, and costly practice, particularly when there are effective solutions that, unlike family detention, do not permanently damage children's health and well-being" Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joi  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * New CBO Data Reveals Republicans' Budget Plans Explode the Debt and Deficit for Decades Republican Leadership's Obsession with Using "Current Policy Baseline" Will Only Cripple the National Debt WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Sen  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from NuScale Power LLC, Corvallis, Oregon: * * * To: Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff SUBJECT: Submission of Comments on 10 CFR Part 53: Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors, Docket No. NRC-2019-0062 REFERENCE: 1. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Pocan, Kelly, Gillibrand, Merkley Urge Trump to Fully Fund HIV/AIDS Prevention WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Robin Kelly (IL-02), along with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), led a bicameral letter with 97 of their colleagues to President Trump urging him to maintain CDC's Division of HIV Prevention. If the Division is shuttered, the Un  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 21 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * School budget writing depends on many estimates outside districts' control School budgeting is one part science and one part educated guesses seasoned with unforeseen circumstances and a pinch of hopeful thinking baked under a constant heat of state and federal requirements. Few of the key numbers are under school leaders' control. The Oregon Department of Education recalcu  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan Releases 2025 Women's March Madness Bracket LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only former Division I woman athlete in Congress, released her bracket for the 2025 March Madness Women's Basketball Championship. "Women's college basketball is growing at an incredible pace, inspiring the next generation of athletes to pick up a ball and chase their dreams - just li  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Answers on DHS, DOGE Requests to Access Sensitive IRS Information Washington D.C.-- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., today led Senate colleagues, including Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in a letter to top officials with the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding answers on reports that DHS and the  more