Merkley, DeFazio, Bonamici Rebuke Administration for Unlawful Wage Garnishment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR-4) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1), along with 39 of their congressional colleagues, are blasting the Trump administration for continuing to garnish wages of millions of struggling student loan borrowers, despite a new law passed by Congress last month that prohibits such wage seizures during the coronavirus public health emergency.