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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 26, 2026

We strongly urge BLM to reject this proposed rescission and maintain the 2024 Waste Prevention rule.

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Dan Rayfield
@danrayfield· OR· Aug 25, 2026

We’re not going to let Donald Trump interfere in our elections—and we’re certainly not going to let him decide who gets a ballot and who doesn’t.

theguardian.com
Tina Kotek
@tinakotek· Democratic · OR· Aug 25, 2026

President Trump’s directive to the United States Postal Service is unconstitutional and an assault on our democracy and designed to silence voters.

theguardian.com
Dan Rayfield
@danrayfield· OR· Aug 25, 2026

Today’s court decision is a temporary setback, nothing more. This fight is far from over.

theguardian.com
Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Aug 22, 2026

Common-sense measures to ensure abusers and violent offenders are barred from accessing firearms are the least we can do to protect the safety of both domestic abuse survivors and our broader communities.

wyden.senate.gov
Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 21, 2026

Keeping guns out of the hands of domestic violence abusers is commonsense.

padilla.senate.gov
Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Aug 20, 2026

Medicaid enrollees have a right to expect that their private information will be safeguarded and not employed for mass deportation campaigns.

wyden.senate.gov
Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

Pollinators need healthy habitats to survive and benefit Oregon’s farms, forests, and natural landscapes.

wyden.senate.gov
Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

HHS must suspend all Medicaid data transfers to ICE and DHS pending a comprehensive review of HHS’s controls and the court’s continuing oversight.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

Our state’s world-renowned wood products industry only gets stronger with federal investments like these that sharpen its cutting edge, keep generating jobs and lessen the dangers from wildfires.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

Oregon has the best wood products in the world, and federal support helps keep our state at the forefront of timber innovation while uplifting our rural communities.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

It looked like bombs had gone off in these towns. Thousands of people in the fairgrounds who couldn’t return to their homes. We want expertise, and the mistreatment of the federal expertise, the civil service, is going to hurt us for…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

Each person whose information was inappropriately disclosed is entitled to know what happened to it, and Congress is entitled to know how a federal agency came to violate the same court order three times in six months.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

Bees and butterflies will all benefit from this fresh federal investment in pollinator health that’s a key to fighting drought and supporting landscapes native to Oregon.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 19, 2026

Congress has a responsibility to ensure that the personal health information of the tens of millions of people who rely on Medicaid is protected and that HHS and CMS comply with federal court orders.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Aug 18, 2026

This type of coercive diplomacy does not serve U.S. global health interests and is extremely susceptible to risk of corruption.

wyden.senate.gov
Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 18, 2026

Without USAID, CDC’s global health infrastructure remains the most effective tool the U.S. has to monitor and prevent global health emergencies.

wyden.senate.gov
Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Aug 18, 2026

extremely dangerous to give Trump massive new tariff powers, particularly after we've seen the disastrous impacts of his corrupt, chaotic, and inflationary tariff spree,"

reason.com