WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced they secured over $100 million in federal investments for essential community-initiated projects in nearly every Oregon county in both Fiscal Year 2026 packages that recently cleared Congress.
Both Merkley and Wyden hold a town hall in each Oregon county every year and work hard to ensure that local feedback informs every aspect of their work in Washington, D.C. This local feedback is directly reflected in the projects that were chosen for federal funding in the first two packages of this year's spending bills to help meet critical needs in Oregon communities.
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