Merkley, Schumer, Top Senate Democrats with Jurisdiction Over Trump’s Gilded Ballroom Boondoggle Call on Watchdog to Conduct a Full Audit of the Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the […]
Chairman Johnson Introduces FY27 Budget Resolution to Unlock Legislation to Secure Elections, Protect Servicemembers, Support Americans
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Committee on the Budget, introduced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget resolution. The FY 2027 budget resolution provides the blueprint to unlock the reconciliation process that will deliver critical election integrity improvements and the Trump Administration’s national security supplemental request. Chairman Johnson said: “When […]
Trump’s “Golden Fleet” Could Cost Taxpayers More Than $455 Billion
Initial Ship Estimated at $23.4 Billion, Each Additional Ship Could Cost $18 Billion If Tonnage of Ships Increases Beyond 35,000 Ton Estimate, Costs Will Increase Significantly WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the request of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released independent analysis […]
Merkley Delivers Opening Statement at Medicaid Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on Medicaid. Sen. Merkley’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to our witnesses for being here today. Last year, my Republican colleagues passed their […]
CBO: Over 10 Percent of U.S. Population Will Be Uninsured Due to the Republican Big, Ugly Betrayal Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report showing that the number of uninsured Americans climbs to 37.4 million in 2036, or 10.4% of the population “largely because of provisions of the 2025 […]
ICE, CBP Now Sitting on $152 Billion After Republican Funding Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As of the end of June, data from the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) SF-133 reports shows that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have $152 billion in unobligated funding from the two partisan funding bills that Republicans passed over the last year—the One, Big Beautiful […]
Merkley Statement on House Budget Committee’s Out-of-Touch Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement after the House Budget Committee advanced a fiscal year 2027 budget resolution that kicks off a third reconciliation process to spend nearly $100 billion on wasteful programs, ignores the needs of working families, and funds […]
Merkley, Wyden Demand Answers from Kennedy, Oz on Newly Formed Healthcare Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee and a senior member of the Senate Budget Committee, demanded answers from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
Merkley Statement on the Sudden Passing of Senator Lindsey Graham
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following the news of the passing of Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. “I am shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Senator Graham. We shared a strong interest in defending […]
Peters, Schumer, Murray & Merkley Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding OMB Rescind Rule Giving President Sweeping Power to Politicize Federal Grants
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader; Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, led the entire Senate Democratic caucus in demanding Office of […]