WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley-the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service- today led U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to sound the alarm over President Trump's proposed plans to turn the U.S. Park Police into a federal police force under his direct control for deployment across Washington, D.C. rather than following its mission of safeguarding national monuments and visitors.
The Senators launched their probe in response to a report from The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/31/park-police-expansion-dc/), which outlined the unprecedented and dangerous nature of...