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07/30/2022
Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Merkley, Wyden Join Murray in Letter to VA Secretary Urging End Discrimination against Same-Sex Spouses
07/14/2022
Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Warner, Kaine Join Colleagues in Pressing VA Secretary to End Discrimination Against Same-Sex Spouses
08/05/2021
Merkley Wins Committee Passage of Amendments to Enable VA Providers to Discuss Medical Cannabis with Veterans
07/08/2021
Letter to Hon. Patty Murray, Chair of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and Hon. Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Baldwin, Collins, Tester Lead Bipartisan Push for TRIO Program Funding to Assist First-Generation, Low-Income College Students
07/07/2021
Letter to the Hon. Brian Schatz, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Bipartisan Call to Increase Funding to Support Homeless Veteran Housing and Support Program
04/20/2021
Wyden, Merkley Reintroduce Bill to Allow VA to Prescribe Medical Marijuana to Veterans
04/20/2021
Wyden, Merkley Reintroduce Bill to Allow VA to Prescribe Medical Marijuana to Veterans
02/23/2021
Wyden, Merkley Push to Provide Disabled Veterans Full Military Benefits
10/22/2020
Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Cortez Masto Raises Alarm Over Administration's Inability to Fully Implement Provisions Under President Trump's Executive Order to Expand Critical Mental Health Resources to Veterans
10/01/2020
Letter to the Hon. Kathleen Kraninger, Dir. of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Cortez Masto, Brown Lead Letter to Administration for Failure to Provide Restitution to Veteran Victims of Deceptive Marketing Practices
09/28/2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and to the Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Oregon Delegation Calls for Extension of Deadline to Claim Economic Impact Payments
09/21/2020
Letter to the Hon. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, the Hon. James Inhofe, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Tester Spearheads Senate Call to Ensure his Landmark Agent Orange Exposure Bill is Included in Final Annual Defense Bill
09/18/2020
Merkley, Wyden, Walden Applaud Senate Passage of Bill to Rename Bend VA Clinic After Decorated WWII Veteran
08/13/2020
Letter to the Hon. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service - Baldwin, Colleagues Demand Postal Service Address Delivery Delays of Veterans' Prescription Drugs
05/06/2020
Letter to Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Warner Urges Veterans Affairs to Develop COVID-19 Testing Strategy at Facilities Nationwide
04/03/2020
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury, the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Tester Doubles Down on Effort to Ensure Veterans Swiftly Get Stimulus Checks from CARES Act
03/12/2020
Letter to Richard Stone, Executive in Charge of the Veterans Health Administration - Senator Baldwin Pushes for VA to Increase Protection for Veterans During Coronavirus Outbreak
02/12/2020
Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Durbin, Duckworth Slam Trump Administration For Stonewalling Veterans Suffering From Agent Orange
11/12/2019
In honor of Veterans Day, Merkley, Brown, Reed, Van Hollen introduce legislation to extend critical financial protections for servicemembers to veterans and consumers
08/05/2019
Letter to the Hon. James Inhofe, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Hon. Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Hon. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and the Hon. Mac Thornberry, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee - Senators Jones and Collins Lead Colleagues in New Push to Repeal Military Widow's Tax
07/18/2019
Carper Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Make the VA Smoke-Free
07/10/2019
Letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie - Merkley, Wyden Push Va Secretary Wilkie to Protect Veterans' Health Care as New Program Goes Into Effect
04/02/2019
Merkley Praises VA Decision to Finally Allow Blue Water Navy Veterans Harmed by Agent Orange to Access VA Health Care
03/06/2019
Wyden, Merkley Co-Sponsor Veterans Agent Orange Bill
02/23/2019
Letter to Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Merkley Presses VA Secretary on Privatization
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