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
Merkley Presses Ag Secretary to Support Oregon’s Growing Hemp Industry
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley presses Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to support Oregon’s growing hemp industry, and invites him to tour a hemp farm in Oregon.
The Real Border Emergency
Senator Jeff Merkley documents his investigations on the humanitarian crisis at the border, Trump’s politicization of migrant children, and the grassroots action that’s bringing change.
Merkley Supports Plan to Strengthen Social Security
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke at a press conference announcing the introduction of the Social Security Expansion Act, a bill to strengthen Social Security benefits and extend the life of the trust fund.
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