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October 2026
10/06/26	New Analysis Shows Federal Government to Save Nearly $2 for Every $1 Invested in Flood Prevention
10/02/26	Merkley, Meeks, Shaheen, Jacobs Issue Statement on Troubling GAO Report on Status of Trump Admin’s Foreign Assistance
September 2026
09/30/26	Republicans Block Merkley’s Bill to Eliminate Pocket Rescissions After the Trump Administration Again Illegally Claws Back Funds Without Consent from Congress
09/30/26	New Report Reveals How American Families Are Paying the Price for Trump’s Broken Promises
09/29/26	Merkley Applauds GAO for Reaffirming that Trump’s Pocket Rescissions Are Illegal
09/25/26	Merkley Condemns More Pocket Rescissions by Trump Administration
09/25/26	Merkley, Baldwin Leads 25 Colleagues in Rejecting the Trump Admin’s Latest Move to Politicize and Undermine Education Funding
09/24/26	CBO Issues Scary As Hell New Debt Projections That Will Profoundly Impact American’s Economic Future
09/15/26	NEW: Trump’s War in Iran Cost DoD Nearly $40 Billion and Drove Nearly Half of Inflation, According to CBO Report
09/01/26	ICYMI: As National Debt Surpasses $40 Trillion, Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley Calls on Congress to Curb Growing Deficit And Lays Out Deficit Reduction Plan
August 2026
08/13/26	Merkley, Schumer, Top Senate Democrats with Jurisdiction Over Trump’s Gilded Ballroom Boondoggle Call on Watchdog to Conduct a Full Audit of the Project
08/05/26	Trump’s “Golden Fleet” Could Cost Taxpayers More Than $455 Billion
08/04/26	Merkley Delivers Opening Statement at Medicaid Hearing
July 2026
07/23/26	CBO: Over 10 Percent of U.S. Population Will Be Uninsured Due to the Republican Big, Ugly Betrayal Law
07/23/26	ICE, CBP Now Sitting on $152 Billion After Republican Funding Bills
07/16/26	Merkley Statement on House Budget Committee’s Out-of-Touch Budget
07/14/26	Merkley, Wyden Demand Answers from Kennedy, Oz on Newly Formed Healthcare Advisory Committee
07/12/26	Merkley Statement on the Sudden Passing of Senator Lindsey Graham
07/02/26	Peters, Schumer, Murray & Merkley Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding OMB Rescind Rule Giving President Sweeping Power to Politicize Federal Grants
June 2026
06/25/26	Merkley Asks CBO To Examine the Long-Term Impact Higher than Expected Interest Rates Would Have on the National Debt

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