Senator Merkley on China’s Erasure of Tibetan, Mongolian, and Uyghur Cultures
Senator Merkley questioned witnesses during a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing titled “The Preservation of Memory: Combatting the CCP’s Historical Revisionism and Erasure of Culture” on December 5, 2024. Watch the full hearing: https://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/preservation-memory-combating-ccps-historical-revisionism-and-erasure-culture
We need oversight for TSA’s facial recognition system.
I’m pushing for rigorous oversight of TSA’s facial recognition system—the building blocks for a national surveillance state. Remember: you can opt out!
Merkley to Biden Admin on Public Lands Damage: We Can’t Let “Devastation Sit there Unaddressed”
In the face of the damage that wildfires, hurricanes, landslides, tornados, and flooding have wrought on national parks, wildlife refuges, and national forests across the country during the past two years, Senator Merkley made the case for restoration and repair of public lands and infrastructure during a Senate Appropriations Committee
The SAFE Lending Act: How We Can Stop Abusive Online Payday Lenders
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley outlines the ‘Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act,’ legislation to crack down on some of the worst abuses of the payday lending industry and protect consumers from deceptive and predatory practices that strip wealth from working families.
Merkley: Finalize new tobacco regulations
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor to urge the Administration to complete its review of a long-overdue tobacco ‘deeming’ rule to regulate e-cigarettes and other forms of tobacco to reduce tobacco’s harmful effects on public health, and especially the health of America’s youth.
Merkley: Stopping payday lenders in their tracks (CLIP)
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor after introducing the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act to crack down on some of the worst abuses of the payday lending industry, particularly in online payday lending, and protect consumers from deceptive and predatory practices that strip
Merkley: Stopping payday lenders in their tracks
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor after introducing the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act to crack down on some of the worst abuses of the payday lending industry, particularly in online payday lending, and protect consumers from deceptive and predatory practices that strip
Merkley: Our Constitutional Obligation
April 6, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley addresses the Senate’s constitutional obligation to holding hearings and provide advice and consent on the President’s nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States.
Merkley: STOP the DARK Act! (FULL)
March 14, 2016—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley calls attention to Senate Republican efforts to quietly push through the Monsanto-backed S.2609, commonly known as the “DARK (Denying Americans the Right to Know) Act,” this week.
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