Standing Up for Human and Civil Rights

Merkley, Paul: U.S. Strikes on Yemen Undermine American Law

Washington, D.C. – Today, in response to escalating U.S. military strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Kentucky’s U.S. Senator Rand Paul joined forces to urge the Trump Administration to adhere to the Constitution and consult with Congress in order to avoid stumbling into another costly and unnecessary

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Demand Trump Rescind Illegal Anti-Voter Executive Order

Senators say “requirements in this illegal order would likely disenfranchise millions of American voters…places a variety of other process burdens on voters, especially married women, rural residents, and low-income voters, and communities of color.” Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate

Merkley, Wyden Join Bipartisan Legislation to Protect TSA’s Frontline Workforce

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to ensure that over 65,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees—including frontline Transportation Security Officers (TSOs)—are afforded the same worker rights, protections, and pay system afforded to most other federal workers. The Rights

Merkley to Trump Nominee: “Are you an advocate for free speech?”

Senator Merkley pressed Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, on the issue of free speech during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as the Trump Administration currently detains and threatens to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a legal immigrant.

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