KAINE-LED BICAMERAL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, MIGRATION, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY DURING VISITS TO GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS
Visit to Guatemala came amidst brazen attacks on Guatemalan democracy WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who serves as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and previously worked as a missionary in Honduras, concluded a bicameral congressional delegation visit to Guatemala
Van Hollen, Durbin, Kaine, Schatz & Colleagues Announce Amendment Requiring that Use of U.S. Supplemental Aid Comply with U.S., International Law
More than a dozen Senators push for amendment, including additional reporting requirements WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), as well as Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ben
KAINE, RUBIO, AND MERKLEY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO ADDRESS CRIMES IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON, STRENGTHEN REGIONAL STABILITY
Bill would address organized crime, deforestation, and violence in the Brazilian Amazon WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Brazilian Amazon Act, bipartisan legislation to address crimes committed by organized criminal and
Cotton, Merkley, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Commemorating 190th Anniversary of Relations with Thailand
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), today introduced a resolution commemorating the 190th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Thailand. Congresswoman Michelle Steele (California-45) introduced companion legislation in the House. “Thailand has long been
DURBIN, MERKLEY LEAD BICAMERAL COLLEAGUES IN COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSAL TO CODIFY FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Lawmakers submit comment regarding HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement’s proposed rule, “Unaccompanied Children Foundational Rule” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 14 colleagues in submitting a bicameral comment regarding the Department of Health and
In Midst of Busy Travel Season, Merkley, Kennedy, Colleagues Sound Alarm on TSA Collection of Facial Biometric Data
Senators introduce bipartisan legislation to ban collection of biometric data at U.S. airports Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined forces with Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to introduce the bipartisan Traveler Privacy Protection Act.
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