My Visit to the Rafah Crossing and the Urgent Need to get Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
This weekend marked 100 days in the Israel-Hamas war. I recently visited the Rafah Crossing and saw first-hand the badly broken system preventing life-saving aid from reaching Palestinians in Gaza. I’ve called for a ceasefire, which is critical to stopping this humanitarian catastrophe. Read my op-ed in the Oregonian: https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/01/merkley-gaza-needs-a-massive-increase-in-humanitarian-aid-immediately-opinion.html
Cardin, Durbin, Kaine, Merkley, Butler, Welch Introduce Resolution Calling on Guatemala to Ensure Peaceful Transfer of Power
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), introduced a resolution calling for the peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala.
Van Hollen, Merkley Press for Action Following Trip to Rafah Crossing, Egypt, Jordan
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), both members of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after their visit to Egypt and Jordan: “The humanitarian disaster in Gaza is worsening by the day. Innocent Palestinians are on the verge of starvation, injured
Merkley critica el uso del reconocimiento facial por parte de la TSA en los aeropuertos en un discurso en el Senado
Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the floor of the United States Senate on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 about the TSA’s use of facial recognition in airports and their failure to make it clear that this program is voluntary. This speech follows months of Senator Merkley monitoring the use of facial
DELEGACIÓN BICAMERAL DEL CONGRESO ENCABEZADA POR KAINE DISCUTA SOBRE DEMOCRACIA, MIGRACIÓN Y ESTABILIDAD ECONÓMICA DURANTE VISITAS A GUATEMALA Y HONDURAS
La visita a Guatemala se produjo en medio de descarados ataques a la democracia guatemalteca WASHINGTON, DC – Anoche, el senador estadounidense Tim Kaine, quien se desempeña como presidente del Subcomité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado para el Hemisferio Occidental y anteriormente trabajó como misionero en Honduras, concluyó una delegación bicameral en el Congreso. visita a guatemala
Van Hollen, Durbin, Kaine, Schatz y sus colegas anuncian una enmienda que exige que el uso de la ayuda suplementaria de los EE. UU. cumpla con el derecho internacional de los EE. UU.
Más de una docena de senadores impulsan una enmienda, incluidos requisitos de presentación de informes adicionales WASHINGTON – Hoy, los senadores estadounidenses Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), así como los senadores Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (DN.M.), Tom Carper (D- -Del.), Ben
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