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
Mission 100: The Zero Emission Vehicles Act
The future of our planet is at stake, and so is the future of our economy. If we lead the world in cutting-edge vehicle deployment, we can beat our global competitors, create good jobs here in America, and win the innovation race for new technologies. That’s why I’ve introduced the
The Choose Medicare Act
We need a bold change to make sure that every American has a chance to enjoy a simple, stress-free, health care system – and that change is the #ChooseMedicare Act. A solution to our current health care crisis already exists in Medicare – the most popular and efficient health insurance
Merkley Pushes to Right Historic Wrong
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley testifies in the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to push for the formal ification of the Warm Springs Treaty of 1865, a fraudulent treaty that prohibited members of the Warms Springs tribe from leaving their reservation without government permission and relinquished all off-reservation rights.