WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Citing risks to the reliability and function of Global Positioning System (GPS) radio navigation signals, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Committee Member Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) called on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to both withdraw his draft order   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-20-378) is entitled "Preventing Drug Diversion: Disposal of Controlled Substances in Home Hospice Settings". The report was sent to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Rep. Frank  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), a senior member of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced that the Department of Labor has awarded $3 million in National Worker Dislocated Grants to Oregon. Bonamici advocated for these grants, which will support training and employment services for workers who have been displaced and dislocated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. "A staggering   more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 14 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representative Suzanne Bonamici, Senator Jeff Merkley, and Senator Ron Wyden called on House Leadership to provide $50 billion to support the already-struggling child care sector in the next coronavirus pandemic response package. "Even before the current COVID-19 pandemic, too many families were struggling to find affordable, high-quality child care," the Congresswoman and Senators wrote in a joi  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representative Suzanne Bonamici, Senator Jeff Merkley, and Senator Ron Wyden called on House Leadership to provide $50 billion to support the already-struggling child care sector in the next coronavirus pandemic response package. "Even before the current COVID-19 pandemic, too many families were struggling to find affordable, high-quality child care," the Congresswoman and Senators wrote in a joint l  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 15: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) led a group of 113 members of Congress, including Senator Wyden and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), in pushing congressional leadership to institute a nationwide moratorium on utility shut-offs amid the mounting economic insecurity caused by the coronavirus pandemic, in order t  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 14: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), and Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), are pushing the Trump administration to monitor and address dangerous health inequities that are disproportionately causing coronavirus-related deaths in minority communities in Oregon and across the country. "W  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) applauded the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) launch of the free "Get My Payment" web tool to help Americans submit their direct deposit information and track their Economic Impact Payment checks. "Millions of Oregonians are counting on their Economic Impact Payments to help get them through this crisis--it's imperative that the government  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) applauded the Treasury Department and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' response to calls for automatic COVID-19 economic impact payments to veterans and their beneficiaries who receive Compensation and Pension (C&P) benefit payments. "Our nation's veterans put their lives on the line for our country--the idea of making it more difficult for them to receive their Economic Impa  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Peter DeFazio applauded the Treasury Department and Social Security Administration's response to calls for automatic COVID-19 economic impact payments to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. "Denying automatic economic impact payments to SSI beneficiaries would have been tantamount to withholding urgently-needed funding to our nation's most vulnerable citizens," said Rep. DeFazio. "After the  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement: Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) highlighted the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) newly-released analysis that shows 230,000 U.S. bridges are in need of repair and 46,000 are "structurally deficient" and in poor condition as another example of why we can't wai  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced agreements with 10 air carriers that will use Congressionally-approved grants to keep an estimated 750,000 airline employees on the payroll through September: Chair DeFazio authored the payroll grants provision in the House legislation that was ultimately enacted as part of the CARES Act. "Ev  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) announced that he has secured more than $25 million in grants for southwest Oregon airports in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The funds are part of more than $140 million for Oregon airports and $10 billion for airports nationwide that DeFazio helped secure as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. These funds specifica  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) led a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) urging them to protect his constituents in Oregon's fishing industry. Since the Coronavirus began to affect Oregon's fisheries and coastal communities, Rep. Schrader has led multiple letters and endlessly advocated on behalf of the West Coast fishing community during these unprecedented times. "Commerci  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 16: Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) led a letter with Oregon members of the House and Senate to the Small Business Administration's Administrator Carranza asking about the status of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) in Oregon. "Small businesses are an integral part of our great state and employ over 800,000 Oregonians," said Rep. Schrader (OR-05). "I am very concerned about what I am hearing f  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 15: Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) led a letter to House of Representatives leadership urging inclusion of their bipartisan Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019, HR 3771, in next Coronavirus response bill. Both Representatives are veterinarians and co-chairs of the Veterinary Medicine Caucus. "This bipartisan legislation will dramatically streng  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following statement: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released a statement on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) COVID-19 Telehealth Program. On Monday, the FCC opened the program's application. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided $200 million for the program, which will help connect providers and patients. "The FCC's COVID-19 Telehealth Program provides a new opportunity for  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement: Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) questioned officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about ongoing efforts to expand COVID-19 testing capacity around the country. Walden, a member of President Trump's bipartisan task force on reopening the economy, raised the issue with HHS officials during a tel  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on the paycheck protection program running out of funding and being appointed to the bipartisan task force to advise on opening the U.S. economy: "We had a very good conversation with the president, vice president and his team. From my standpoint, our next step in shoring up the economy is simple: replenish funds in the Paycheck Protection Prog  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following statement: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released the following statement after President Trump appointed him to the White House Economic Task Force. The bipartisan, bicameral task force will advise the White House on reopening the economy. "We had a very good conversation with the President, Vice President and his team. From my standpoint, our next step in shoring up the economy is simple: replenish funds in   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released an update on COVID-19 for April 13, 2020. The latest on the coronavirus: Help is On The Way As soon as the middle of April, most Americans will receive a payment of $1,200 per individual, $2,400 per couple, and $500 per child directly to their bank account via direct deposit thanks to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Expandi  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released an update on COVID-19 for April 14, 2020. The latest on the coronavirus: Help is On The Way As soon as the middle of April, most Americans will receive a payment of $1,200 per individual, $2,400 per couple, and $500 per child directly to their bank account via direct deposit thanks to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Those   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released an update on COVID-19 for April 15, 2020. The latest on the coronavirus: Funding for Oregon Education: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced yesterday that nearly $3 billion will be made available to governors to ensure education continues for students of all ages impacted by the coronavirus. Oregon will receive over $32 million in a discretionary g  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: An Update for April 16, 2020 Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released an update on COVID-19 for April 16, 2020. The latest on the coronavirus: Walden Selected to White House Task Force President Trump selected Greg Walden to join the White House Economic Task Force. The bipartisan, bicameral task force will advise the White House on reopening the economy. Read more here. (https://walden.house.go  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following remarks on April 16 after the Paycheck Protection Program ran out of money: "Thousands of Oregon small businesses were able to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program that the Trump Administration moved with light-speed to put into effect. This was the program that allowed small businesses to get a loan that could turn into a grant at the end of June if they kept their people on the payroll. Unfortunately, that p  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) joined 102 other Members of Congress in writing to the Small Businesses Administration (SBA) about the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL). In the letter the lawmakers urged SBA to provide details on what is needed to improve the EIDL program and meet current demands. The lawmakers thanked SBA for their quick work facilitating billions of dollars in lending   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released information on the individual payments that most Americans will receive as soon as the middle of April thanks to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Most Americans will receive a payment of $1,200 per individual, $2,400 per couple, and $500 per child directly to their bank account via direct deposit. The IRS recently released infor  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, issued the following statement: Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released a statement in response to the dwindling funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the need for Congress to replenish its funding. As of April 14, the PPP had approved nearly $300 billion worth of loans to over one million small businesses. However, this program is expected to run out of funding this week. "The Payroll Protection Program is quickly   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 17: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), along with 39 of their congressional colleagues, are blasting the Trump administration for continuing to garnish wages of millions of struggling student loan borrowers, despite a new law passed by Congress last month that prohibits such wage seizures during the coronavirus public health e  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Deb Haaland (NM-01), and Don Young (AK-At Large) led 62 of their colleagues in calling on House leadership to remove restrictions on credit unions that prevent them from fully serving small businesses in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan group of members requested that the next coronavirus response package increase the arbitrary cap   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, on how provider relief from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act is being disbursed: "As health care providers continue to provide care during the pandemic, it's important Congress and the administration work hand in glove to get them the resources they need. There is broad, bipartisan   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley pressed the Trump administration to address small businesses' problems accessing key emergency coronavirus grant and loan programs, which are sowing confusion and anxiety rather than providing relief. This effort comes days after Merkley pressed the Small Business Administration (SBA) to fix problems plaguing the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program. In a letter to Tre  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14), Ro Khanna (D-CA-17), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9), led a group of 15 Senators and 98 House members in pushing congressional leadership to institute a nationwide moratorium on utility shut-offs amid the mounting economic insecurity caused by the coronavirus pandemic, in order to help protect the he  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), pushed Amazon and Walmart to waive delivery fees and minimum order requirements for orders placed by customers using Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, also known as food stamps. As the nation continues to commit to so  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with nine of his colleagues in the Senate, are expressing concerns to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that key front-line health providers and hospitals are getting shortchanged in the $30 billion first round of health care funding from the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, the sena  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 15: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) led a group of 113 members of Congress, including Senator Wyden and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), in pushing congressional leadership to institute a nationwide moratorium on utility shut-offs amid the mounting economic insecurity caused by the coronavirus pandemic, in order to h  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), along with 39 of their congressional colleagues, are blasting the Trump administration for continuing to garnish wages of millions of struggling student loan borrowers, despite a new law passed by Congress last month that prohibits such wage seizures during the coronavirus public health emergency. The p  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), and Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), are pushing the Trump administration to monitor and address dangerous health inequities that are disproportionately causing coronavirus-related deaths in minority communities in Oregon and across the country. "We know that comm  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to a report that cash payments to millions of citizens will be delayed in order to put President Trump's signature on the checks: "Donald Trump is further delaying cash payments to millions of Americans struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table to feed his ego. "Only this president would try to make a pandemic and economic catastro  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: With more than 600 USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT sailors testing positive for COVID-19 and outbreaks on four aircraft carriers, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined a group of 19 senators calling on the Navy to protect its personnel and to answer urgent questions about safety protocols to prevent further spread of the virus among others in its fleet. "[T]he Navy must reconsider its current assumption that service m  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced he will join U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., to introduce legislation that would provide $250 billion in stabilization funds geared towards communities with populations under 500,000 that are struggling in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Rural communities across Oregon are facing huge health risks and stark economic uncertainty due to COVID-19," Wyden said. "It's c  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden called on the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury Department to ensure that minority-owned businesses are not shut out of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In a letter with 22 Senate colleagues, Wyden also urged the Trump Administration to amend guidance on PPP, to reaffirm lending institutions' obligation to comply with fair lending laws and to require lenders to report o  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Ranking Member Ben Cardin, D-Md., U.S Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., a senior member of the Senate Small Business Committee, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sent a letter to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with 11 Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee called on the Trump administration to distribute the remaining critical COVID-19 aid to health care providers in an equitable and transparent way. In the letter, sent to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, the senators als  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley called on the Trump administration to swiftly and fairly distribute COVID-19 relief funding to Tribes, while providing Tribes with the flexibility they need to address this unprecedented pandemic. In a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, and Indian Affairs Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), and Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4), are pushing the Trump administration to monitor and address dangerous health inequities that are disproportionately causing coronavirus-related deaths in minority communities in Oregon and across the country. "We know that communi  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that Oregon will receive nearly $38.6 million in Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to help support families' child care needs and child care providers throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The funding, which will be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, is authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that Oregon will receive nearly $38.6 million in Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to help support families' child care needs and child care providers throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The funding, which will be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, is authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secur  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will receive nearly $42.7 million in funding to support rural public transportation operations and projects--including coronavirus response efforts--in communities throughout the state. The funding will be allocated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Cong  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will receive nearly $42.7 million in funding to support rural public transportation operations and projects--including coronavirus response efforts--in communities throughout the state. The funding will be allocated through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Congres  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced nine federal grants awarded across Oregon that support innovation in the state's wood products industry--creating jobs in rural Oregon, advancing research at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon, and reducing wildfire risks and improving forest conditions statewide. The U.S. Forest Service grant program was created by the Timber Innova  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 45 Democratic colleagues, are raising serious concerns with the Trump administration about its reliance on private companies to distribute desperately needed medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, which has created a system that lacks transparency, is inefficient, and could put lives at risk. Health professionals across America and in   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 45 Democratic colleagues, are raising serious concerns with the Trump administration about its reliance on private companies to distribute desperately needed medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, which has created a system that lacks transparency, is inefficient, and could put lives at risk. Health professionals across America and in eve  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 45 of their senate colleagues, are calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to conduct a national inventory of the coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic testing supply, publicly release data on testing results, and provide a detailed plan and timeline for addressing  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 45 of their Senate colleagues, are calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to conduct a national inventory of the coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic testing supply, publicly release data on testing results, and provide a detailed plan and timeline for addressing fu  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Aging Committee Ranking Member Bob Casey, D-Pa., denounced the Trump administration for not providing more information to the public about the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes around the country. The lack of response to a request from Wyden and Casey earlier this month comes as Americans c  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced that Oregon airports will receive more than $140 million to help them respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus public health crisis. The funding for airports from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security (CARES) Act allows them to cover operating expenses that arise from sharp air travel declines and other economic losses in the wake of COV  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley urged the federal Treasury Department to support a request by Oregon officials that could help Oregonians stay in their homes during the COVID-19 crisis. The senators' letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin deals with the successful implementation of Treasury's Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) by Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) after the 2009 financial crisis.   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley urged the federal Treasury Department to support a request by Oregon officials that could help Oregonians stay in their homes during the COVID-19 crisis. The senators' letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin deals with the successful implementation of Treasury's Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) by Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) after the 2009 financial crisis. Wyd  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined a bipartisan group of 38 colleagues requesting that any future legislation to address COVID-19 includes support for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The Oregon senators' request comes amid reports from service providers that abusers are using COVID-19 to isolate their victims, withhold financial resources, and refuse medical aid; rap  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined a bipartisan group of 38 colleagues requesting that any future legislation to address COVID-19 includes support for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The Oregon senators' request comes amid reports from service providers that abusers are using COVID-19 to isolate their victims, withhold financial resources, and refuse medical aid; rape c  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley called on the Trump administration to swiftly and fairly distribute COVID-19 relief funding to Tribes, while providing Tribes with the flexibility they need to address this unprecedented pandemic. In a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, and Indian Affairs Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney, W  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 32 Democratic colleagues pressed the Department of Labor to ensure workers Congress intended to be covered by the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program receive the benefits they deserve. "[P]arts of the guidance appear narrow or ambiguous, which c  more