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: Biomass as part of our national energy policy
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor to discuss an amendment on forest biomass to the bipartisan energy bill.
Merkley: Stop the wave of dark money in politics
Feb. 3, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley calls on Congress to put a stop to the wave of dark money that is drowning out the voice of the people and to restore transparency to our democracy.
Merkley: What a NASA astronaut can each us about climate change
Jan. 28, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley speaks on an article written by NASA astronaut and climate scientist Piers J. Sellers that emphasizes the importance of acting now to cut carbon pollution and tackle the threat of climate change.
The American Savings Act: Building a Retirement System for the 21st Century
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley explains the importance of creating a retirement system built to succeed in the 21st century. In the video, Senator Merkley illustrates how by creating American Savings Accounts and improving Social Security benefits, we can give all Americans access to a universal, portable, simple and personal retirement
Merkley: A Government of “We the People” (not “We the Powerful”)
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley kicks off his “We the People” speech series to addresses issues affecting everyday Americans and propose ways to solve the challenges we face.
CNN: Merkley calls Donald Trump Muslim comments “Wrong and Dangerous”
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley speaks with CNN’s John Berman on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.
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