Ranking Member Press Table

01/14/26

CBO Tells Merkley: Trump Administration Attempt to Rename the Department of Defense Could Balloon to $125 Million

01/08/26

CBO Projects Inflation to Remain High, Labor Market to be Weaker Due to Trump Administration Policies

12/08/25

Merkley Statement on Trump’s Farmer Bailout to Fix Crisis Created by Trump

11/04/25

Merkley, Wyden Probe CMS for Answers Surrounding the Disastrous Roll Out of the Medicare Advantage Provider-Directory Portal, Potentially Putting Seniors at Risk

10/27/25

Merkley Leads Colleagues in Demanding CBO Probe the Cost of Trump’s National Guard Deployment to American Cities, Including Portland

10/24/25

Merkley, Wyden Call on Oz to Resolve Chaos as States Implement Trumpcare

10/11/25

Schumer, Merkley, Murray, Peters Call On Trump Budget Chief Russ Vought To Resign

09/29/25

GAO Finds Trump Administration Again Violated the Impoundment Control Act by Withholding Funding

09/25/25

Merkley Statement on OMB’s Threat to Fire Public Servants if Republicans Shut Down the Government

09/22/25

Merkley Leads Senators in Demanding CBO Probe Trump’s Wasteful Use of Taxpayer Dollars in Renaming Department of Defense

09/18/25

Premium Spikes, Coverage Loss Will Worsen If Republicans Fail to Act on Tax Credits, CBO Says

09/16/25

Merkley to Senate Colleagues: Reject Paul’s Disastrous Budget Proposal

09/16/25

Trump Administration Violated the Impoundment Control Act by Withholding Funding, GAO Reports

09/04/25

Federal Court Backs Up Merkley’s Call that Trump’s Pocket Rescission is Illegal

08/29/25

Merkley Blasts Trump Administration for Invoking Illegal Maneuver to Claw Back Bipartisan, Congressionally Appropriated Foreign Aid

08/18/25

Trump’s Big, Beautiful-for-Billionaires Law Triggers $536 Billion Cut to Medicare Over Next Decade

08/11/25

New CBO Analysis Confirms Republicans’ Big Ugly Law Steals from the Poor, Gives to the Ultra-Rich

08/05/25

Merkley Statement on GAO Determination That Trump Administration Violated the Impoundment Control Act by Withholding NIH Grant Funding

08/04/25

CBO Tells Merkley: When Including Interest and Assuming Temporary Tax Provisions Are Made Permanent, “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Adds $5 Trillion to Debt

07/31/25

Merkley Statement on Additional GAO Determination That Trump Administration Again Violated the Impoundment Control Act

07/30/25

After Republicans Passed The Largest Healthcare Cut In History And On The 60th Anniversary Of The Creation Of Medicaid And Medicare, Ranking Member Merkley, Leader Schumer, And Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation To Reverse Devastating Healthcare Cuts In Republicans’ “Big, Ugly Betrayal”

07/23/25

Merkley, Boyle, Durbin, Kaine Introduce Legislation to Prevent Future Debt Ceiling Hostage Taking

07/23/25

Merkley Statement on GAO’s Determination Showing the Trump Administration Again Violated the Impoundment Control Act by Withholding Funding for Head Start

07/21/25

CBO Reports the Final “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Tally Will Add $3.4 Trillion to Deficits Over 10 Years

07/18/25

Merkley, Sanders, Pallone, Boyle Statement on CBO’s Analysis Showing That Trump’s Proposed Cuts to NIH, FDA Will Mean Fewer Medications

07/17/25

Merkley Statement on Senate Republicans Rubber Stamping the Trump Administration’s Disastrous DOGE Cuts

07/03/25

Merkley: House Republicans Stand with Billionaires, Continue the Great Betrayal of Working Families

07/01/25

Merkley Statement on Senate Republicans Passing the “One Big, Beautiful Bill”

06/30/25

Merkley, Wyden Blast Republicans for Defunding Planned Parenthood in Trump’s Big Bad Bill

06/29/25

All Week, Merkley Has Sounded the Alarm on Republicans’ Attempt to Invoke a Budget Gimmick