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West Coast Delegation Call for Increased Federal Funds to Support Comprehensive Wildfire Response and Recovery

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked Senate and House leaders to replenish and increase funding for wildfire response and recovery in any upcoming spending package, as well as pass an additional federal relief package – known as a […]

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Wyden Condemns Trump Wealth Test for Immigrants

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today condemned a decision by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to allow the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deny visas and green […]

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Wyden, Merkley, Feinstein, Murray, Harris Introduce Disaster Tax Relief Bill

Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Senator Patty Murray, D-Wa., and Senator Kamala Harris, D-Calif., today introduced legislation to provide tax relief to individuals, businesses and […]

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Video: At Senate Hearing, Cantwell Questions Forest Service on “Intense” Fire Season, Smoke Forecasting

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) questioned U.S. Forest Service Deputy Chief Chris French about wildfire mitigation and preparation and asked him […]

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Video: Senator Murray Presses Republicans to Stand Against Trump Administration’s Political Interference in COVID-19 Response

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, at a hearing of the Senate Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, ranking member U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) highlighted the many ways since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic […]