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
Merkley Demands Action, Change, and Passage of the Justice in Policing Act
(Originally streamed live on June 16th, 2020) – Now is the time to be agents of change. I’m taking to the Senate Floor to demand action and call on the Senate to pass Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris’s “Justice in Policing Act.”
The Beat with Ari Melber
(Originally posted May 22nd, 2020) – What we have under the Trump administration is a wholesale attack on the structure of the Constitution, as this president systemically destroys the checks and balances of our government.
The Rebuilding Main Street Act
(Originally streamed live May 19th, 2020) – I’m LIVE right now with Senators Chris Van Hollen and Chris Murphy to talk about our new bill that will give small businesses the flexibility and financial help they need right now. Join us!
To our nurses and front line health care workers…
(Originally posted May 11th, 2020) – Our nurses and front line health care workers are more than just heroes. They’re life-saving medical professionals who are begging our government to get them the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need to battle the coronavirus in our communities. There’s no excuse for the
Merkley Launches “Operation: Main Street” for Oregon Businesses and 501(c)(3) nonprofits
(Originally posted March 30th, 2020) – I’ve just launched “Operation: Main Street,” an online economic recovery hub to help Oregon businesses and 501(c)(3)s get emergency aid: www.merkley.senate.gov/mainstreet As programs come online, this portal will be updated with new information and specifics about how and where to access these funds. For
UPDATE: Coronavirus 3 Aid Package
Still at the Capitol. Desk is chaos now. PB&J’s keeping me going through long hours of negotiations. Handful of Republican Senators holding aid hostage now over unemployment benefits for Americans of all things. We need to get this passed NOW.
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