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May 2026
05/14/26	Senate Parliamentarian Advises Byrd Rule Violations in Republicans’ ICE and Border Patrol Slush Fund Bill
05/12/26	CBO Tells Merkley: Trump’s “Golden Dome” Could Cost Taxpayers More Than $1.2 Trillion
05/04/26	Merkley Statement on Republicans’ Bill Gifting ICE, Border Patrol Billions While Ignoring Middle Class Families
April 2026
04/30/26	Merkley Statement on House Passage of Budget Resolution That Ignores the Needs of Working Families
04/23/26	Merkley: Republican Budget Resolution Ignores the Needs of Working Families
04/22/26	As Senate Republicans Move to Give ICE, CBP Up to $140 Billion, Data Emerges Showing the Agencies Sitting on Over $100 Billion from Previous Reconciliation Bill
04/21/26	Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley Releases Statement on Republicans’ Push to Pass a Second Unpopular Reconciliation Bill
04/16/26	Merkley Delivers Opening Statement at Oversight Hearing on the President’s Budget Request
04/13/26	Ahead of Hearing, Ranking Member Merkley Releases Committee Fact Sheets on Trump’s Budget Request to Congress
04/03/26	Ranking Member Merkley Statement on Trump’s Budget Request
March 2026
03/25/26	Merkley Delivers Opening Statement at Social Security Hearing
03/24/26	Merkley Launches Investigation into Private Equity Ownership of Child Care Centers
03/10/26	Merkley Delivers Opening Statement at Sanctuary Cities Hearing
03/05/26	Merkley Statement on CBO Analysis Showing Trump’s Tariffs Will add $2 Trillion to the Debt Following Supreme Court Ruling
February 2026
02/26/26	New Report Reveals How Much Republicans’ Big Oil Donors Will Benefit From the Big, Ugly Betrayal Law
02/25/26	Merkley Statement on CBO Long Term Budget Outlook
02/25/26	Merkley Demands Independent Probe of Funds Used by ICE, CBP to Carry Out Trump’s Cruel Immigration Enforcement
02/23/26	Department of Defense Heeds Merkley, Senate Budget Committee Democrats’ Call to Release Unclassified Spend Plan for National Security Funding from the Big, Ugly Betrayal Law
02/20/26	Merkley Applauds Supreme Court Ruling to Overturn Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Policy
02/11/26	Ranking Member Merkley Statement on CBO Baseline

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