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February 25, 2025

Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Question HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for America’s Families

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined an effort to press U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner about the alarming consequences of a recently announced “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) Task Force that threatens to seriously hinder HUD’s ability to support vulnerable communities. Reportedly, the DOGE Task Force plans to lay off 50 percent of its workforce, eliminate half of HUD’s field offices serving local communities across the country, a… Continue Reading

February 25, 2025

Wyden, Colleagues Urge Federal Courts to Affirm That Congress Holds the Power to Crack Down on Money Laundering

— U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined his colleagues in filing amicus briefs that called on two federal courts to affirm that Congress holds the power to crack down on anonymous money laundering under the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act passed in 2021.  The four-year-old law is considered the most important anti-money laundering law passed in two decades. It ensures law enforcement and national security officials are able to learn the true identities of people who own or control U.S. c… Continue Reading

February 25, 2025

Wyden to FTC: Stop Companies from Offering Bait-and-Switch Sales of Digital TV, E-Book, Music, and Video Game Purchases

— U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to stop companies from misleadingly offering people the ability to “buy” online content, including TV, e-books, movies, music, and video games, when the reality is consumers do not have total control over their purchases. Far too often, consumers “buy” digital goods only to learn they cannot own, sell, or transfer the items, and may even have them deleted with no recourse— a legal loophole that many companies such as Am… Continue Reading

 The Oregon Way

January 24, 2025

In Oregon, There’s Always a Way—It’s the OREGON WAY

November 15, 2024

Turning the Oregon Way up to 11(01)

This month, I held my 1,101st town hall (my 36th of 2024) to keep my pledge to hold an open-to-all town hall in every nook and cranny, in each and every county of Oregon, every year.  … Continue Reading

October 18, 2024

The ImPORTance of Coos Bay

I’ll always fight to get Oregon’s ports the resources they need to improve their infrastructure, support the regional economy, and make our supply chains more efficient - which is especially important now that congested ports are in the spotlight as a key factor driving the ongoing supply chain crisis. … Continue Reading

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