Jeff está comprometido a proteger a Estados Unidos de aquellos que nos harían daño y a asegurarse de que lo hagamos de manera coherente con los valores estadounidenses y nuestros derechos constitucionales. De hecho, Jeff cree firmemente que la medida de nuestra fuerza no es solo el poder de nuestro ejército, sino que Estados Unidos es más seguro y más fuerte cuando honramos nuestros valores estadounidenses fundamentales como el respeto por el estado de derecho e invertimos en el trabajo duro. de trabajar con nuestros aliados. En un mundo peligroso, con amenazas globales que van desde el terrorismo hasta el calentamiento global y la proliferación de armas nucleares, Jeff comprende que debemos poder trabajar con otras naciones para enfrentar estos desafíos juntos.
Habiendo trabajado como analista de seguridad nacional en el Pentágono y en la Oficina de Presupuesto del Congreso, Jeff tiene una comprensión única de la política de seguridad nacional. En ambos cargos estuvo inmerso en el diálogo nacional sobre el manejo responsable de las armas nucleares. Jeff también se mantuvo activamente involucrado en cuestiones de política exterior como presidente del Consejo de Asuntos Mundiales de Oregón.
Merkley Speaks in Support of Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to Block Offensive Arms to Israel
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Merkley Speaks on Senate Floor in Support of Blocking the Sale of Offensive Weapons to Israel
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Chairs’ Statement on the Trial of Jimmy Lai and Sentences in the Hong Kong 47 Case
(Washington)—The Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Representative Christoper Smith (R-NJ) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) issued the following statement on the expected trial of Jimmy Lai and the sentencing of pro-democracy advocates commonly known as the “Hong Kong 47” (HK47). “The expected trial of Jimmy Lai and
Merkley, Sullivan Call Out China’s Human Rights Violations in Southern Mongolia with New Bipartisan Bill
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Wyden, Merkley, Kaine, Markey, Van Hollen and Booker Warn U.N. Cyber Convention Could Justify Spying and Censorship By China, Russia and Other Authoritarian Regimes
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Merkley Remembers One Year Since October 7 Terrorist Attack on Israel
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement marking one year since the Hamas-led terrorist attack, and resulting military engagement and humanitarian crisis in Gaza and across the region: “It is with heavy hearts that we commemorate one year since Hamas’ horrific terrorist attack against
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