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Wyden, Warren to Social Security Commissioner Nominee: “You Will Be Responsible” for Cutting Americans’ Benefits As Result of Trump Admin Gutting Agency

Lawmakers press on impacts of massive Social Security staffing cuts, office closures “The net result (of these cuts) could be a disaster: more overpayments and waste in the system, at the same time that Americans […]

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Merkley, Wyden, 20+ Senators Swing Back at VA Secretary Collins’ “Blatantly Dishonest” Claims that Cutting 83,000 VA Employees Will Have No Impact on Veterans’ Care and Benefits

Layoffs at the Roseburg VA are threatening the delivery of medical supplies Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to […]

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Newhouse Leads Bipartisan Legislation Establishing Federal Fentanyl Joint Taskforce

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Joint Task Force to Counter Illicit Synthetic Narcotics Act of 2025 to establish a coordinated federal task force to combat the trafficking of synthetic narcotics like fentanyl. […]

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Senator Murray, VA Researchers, Employees, Contractors in WA State Slam Trump & Elon’s Plans to Decimate VA With Further Mass Layoffs, Harm Services Veterans Rely On

ICYMI:Murray Statement on Trump & Elon Plans to Decimate the VA, Firing 80,000 Employees and Putting Veterans’ Care in Grave Danger ICYMI: Senator Murray Presses VA Deputy Secretary Nominee on Mass Firings of VA Researchers, […]