Senator Merkley Slams USPS Delays and Downgrades on Senate Floor
Senator Merkley spoke on the U.S. Senate Floor on Monday, July 29, 2024, about recent USPS downgrades that delay and degrade service for folks in Oregon and across the country.
Senator Merkley speaks out on the need to ban Congressional stock trading
Senator Merkley gave remarks at a press conference on the need to pass the ETHICS Act to ban lawmakers from buying and trading stocks. Politicians should work for the public, not for their stock portfolios. Watch the full press conference: https://youtube.com/live/xb6-Fs8xVb4 Read more about the ETHICS Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/peters-merkley-hawley-and-ossoff-announce-historic-bipartisan-agreement-to-advance-legislation-to-ban-member-stock-trading/
Reform our Immigration System, Pass the Children’s Safe Welcome Act
Senator Merkley, Representative Kamlager-Dove, Mina Dixon Davis of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, and Neha Desai of the National Center for Youth Law discuss the Children’s Safe Welcome Act and the need to reform our immigration system. The bicameral Children’s Safe Welcome Act embeds best practices for child
Merkley: Explosing the Web of Denial Blocking Climate Action
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and others on the Senate floor on July 11, 2016, to expose the Koch Brothers-funded web of denial that is obscuring the science on climate change and blocking legislative action.
Senators Hold Press Conference Decrying GMO Labeling Proposal as Inadequate
U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jon Tester (D-MT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) hold a press conference on July 6, 2016 to express their concerns over the Senate proposal for the labeling of genetically modified foods (GMOs) and to emphasize the importance of protecting consumers’
Merkley: Let’s Pass Common-Sense Gun Safety Measures — and End Anti-LGBT Discrimination
Following the mass shooting in Orlando, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) late on June 15, 2016 to discuss taking common-sense steps to improve gun safety and ending discrimination against the LGBT community.
Merkley: When will Congress finally say enough is enough?
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) on the Senate Floor on June 15, 2016, to call for action following the tragic shooting in Orlando, Florida.
‘We the People’ not ‘We the Powerful’
June 8, 2016—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senate Democrats on the steps of the Capitol to unveil new legislation — “We the People” — to reform government and take back our democracy from special interests.
An historic victory for chemical safety
June 7, 2016—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor after the United States Senate passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, landmark legislation to better protect our kids and families from dangerous toxic chemicals in everyday products.
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