Ranking Member Press

June 2025
CBO Tells Merkley: “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Adds $4.5 Trillion to Debt if Temporary Tax Provisions Made Permanent
Merkley: CBO Confirms “Big, Beautiful Bill” Benefits the Wealthy, Working Families Pay the Price
CBO Releases New Analysis Showing House-Passed “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Add Even More to the Deficit When Including Interest
Merkley Statement on New CBO Analysis Showing Republican Plan Kicks 16 Million People Off Their Health Insurance
CBO Analysis Shows House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Adds $2.4 Trillion to the 10-year Deficit
Trump Tariffs Will Hurt Economic Growth, Boost Inflation, Raise Costs to Families, CBO Finds
Merkley Statement on Trump’s Request to Codify Illegal, Disastrous DOGE Cuts to Foreign Aid, NPR and PBS
May 2025
Merkley Statement on GAO’s First Determination Showing the Trump Administration Violated the Impoundment Control Act
Merkley Statement After Republican Reconciliation Bill Passed Out of the House
Merkley: Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Confirms Republican Reconciliation Bill’s Impact is Families Lose, Billionaires Win
Merkley Statement on the Republican Economy
Merkley Statement on Trump Administration’s “Skinny” Budget
April 2025
Merkley Statement on GDP Report Showing Economy Slowing
Merkley Calls on GAO to Conduct Audit of DOGE’s Destruction of U.S. Foreign Aid
In Open Letter to the American Public, Wyden, Merkley, Senate Democrats Warn Against Republican Cuts to Health Care to Pay for Tax Handouts for Billionaires
Merkley: House Republicans Are Betraying Middle-Class Families by Advancing Senate Republicans’ Budget Resolution
New CBO Analysis Shows Republicans’ Tax Giveaways Add $52 Trillion to National Debt Over 30 Years
GAO Raises Concern Over OMB’s Actions to Remove Budget Data Website
Merkley Demands OMB Turn Over All Documents Relating to Agencies’ Plans to Fire More Federal Workers
Merkley: Families Lose, Billionaires Win in Republican Budget Resolution
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