Merkley Presses Trump Nominee on China’s Human Rights Abuses, Freedom of the Press
Senator Jeff Merkley questioned David Perdue, Trump’s nominee to be Ambassador to China, about China’s human rights abuses and the dismantling of Voice of America, among other topics. Merkley pressed Perdue on how he plans to stand up for American values abroad. Watch the full hearing: https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-04-03-2025
Merkley SLAMS Disastrous GOP Budget Plan
Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to expose why the Republic budget is a disaster for America’s families. The GOP’s plan is simple: Families lose, billionaires win.
Merkley, Groups Detail Trump’s Exploitation of Vulnerable Unaccompanied Children
Senator Merkley joined leaders from Acacia Center for Justice, Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, HEAL Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center to detail the harm the Trump Administration is doing to vulnerable unaccompanied children with its cruel immigration policies.
Senator Merkley Reintroduces the Equality Act
On June 21, 2023, Senator Merkley announced the introduction of the Equality Act, bicameral legislation to ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans. Learn more about the Equality Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/as-states-across-the-country-strip-away-lgbtq-rights-merkley-baldwin-booker-takano-introduce-urgently-needed-protections-through-the-equality-act
Why I’m Voting No on the Default Bill
I wanted to share my thoughts with you about why I’ll be voting no on the default bill. Simply put: it’s a disaster for our environment and attacks the foundational programs that families rely on to thrive. Read my full statement: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-statement-i-cannot-in-good-conscience-vote-for-this-bill
Senator Merkley Grills Biden Administration Official on Fossil Fuel Permitting
Senator Merkley questioned White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory about the Biden administration’s continued approval of dirty energy projects, despite claims to be moving toward a renewable energy future during a Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee Hearing.
Merkley Implores Biden to Stop Republican Hostage Taking on the Deficit by Invoking 14th Amendment
Republicans are trying to make the rich even richer and flood the country with fossil fuels while dangling our economy over a cliff. President Biden needs to stop Republican hostage taking and prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to do so. Senator Merkley joined 10 Senate colleagues in urging President
We Must Put People Ahead of Dirty Energy Profits
I refuse to accept a system in which the fossil fuel industry buys our elections to push their planet-destroying policies. We must put people over dirty energy profits and transition to renewable energy.
Senator Merkley Calls Out Chinese Government’s Human Rights Abuses
Senator Merkley calls for the U.S. to strengthen enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, hold the Chinese government accountable for its perpetration of transnational repression, and to continue to block the export of crowd control supplies to the Hong Kong police in a press conference on May 3,
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