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 Environmen  more