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
KEZI: Merkley Launches New Coronavirus Webpage
(Originally released February 29th, 2020) – ICYMI: I released a new coronavirus resource page at www.merkley.senate.gov/coronavirus. Please visit and share for recommendations on how to limit exposure, what to do if you suspect you’ve been exposed, and how to create outbreak response plans at your workplace.
Merkley Questions Trump Admin on Child Separation Case
(Originally posted February 25th, 2020) – A little girl was held in detention. Despite having approval to live with her family, she was never informed she had family who wanted her. After 6 years she chose to be deported, not knowing the truth. Today I pressed Secretary Azar on her
Introducing the #BreakFreeFromPlastic Pollution Act
(Originally posted February 11th, 2020) – Did you know you may be eating 5 grams of microplastics each week? That’s the same as eating an entire credit card every seven days. Plastics aren’t just polluting our environment, they’re polluting our bodies and putting us at higher risk for cancers. That’s
Rally at the Capitol to #RejectTheCoverup
(Originally posted February 5th, 2020) – What we saw today was not the end of a trial. It was the execution of a cover-up. The president’s abuses of power have now seeped into the Senate, threatening the very foundations of this Chamber and our rule of law. Without a full
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