Press Releases

January 2017

Responding to Senators’ Request, FCC Releases Framework for Protecting Consumers Against Harmful Zero-Rating Plans
Wyden, Merkley Introduce Bill to Support Oregon’s Dungeness Crab Fishing Industry
Wyden, Merkley, Blumenauer ask President to Review Federal Prison Terms for Oregonians Serving Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Nonviolent Offenses
Wyden, Merkley Pledge to Fight for More Funding to Restore Northwest Fisheries
Wyden Statement on Selection of Senator Coats to Serve as Director of National Intelligence
Wyden Statement on Russia Interference in U.S. Election
Wyden, Merkley Introduce Bill to Protect the Pacific Coast from Offshore Drilling

December 2016

Wyden, Merkley, DeFazio Praise $1.2 Million Federal Grant for Douglas County and the City of Roseburg to Assist with UCC Recovery
Wyden, Merkley Welcome Federal Railroad Administration’s Additional Safety Standards for Union Pacific Railroad
Wyden Slams U.N. Resolution Unfairly Targeting Israel
Wyden, Merkley Push for Oregon Counties to Receive Federal Timber Payments
Wyden Praises Oregon’s Selection in Demonstration Program Treating Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Bipartisan Group of Pacific Northwest Senators Announces $40 Million for First U.S. Wave Energy Test Facility
Wyden Calls for Immediate Declassification and Public Release of Intelligence Related to Russian Interference in U.S. Election
Wyden Statement on President-elect’s Nominee for Interior Secretary
Wyden Statement on President-elect’s Nominee for Secretary of Energy
Bipartisan Group of Senators Presses Federal Regulator for Clear Guidance on Banking Services for Vendors Working with Legal Marijuana Businesses
Wyden Calls for Preservation, Distribution and Declassification of Torture Report
Wyden Statement on End-of-Year Government Funding Bill
Senators Urge President-Elect Trump to Live Up to Campaign Promises and Clarify Whether He Opposes Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid