Videos

End Price Gouging for Medications Act

I wrote the End Pricing Gouging for Medications Act because we need to stop Big Pharma’s price gouging in its tracks and make sure essential medicine is affordable for everyone in our country. Read more about the End Price Gouging for Medications Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-welch-dingell-crack-down-on-pharmaceutical-greed-introduce-bill-to-end-prescription-drugs-price-gouging/

Senator Merkley Highlights the Need for Climate Action in Hearing – Opening Statement

Senator Merkley highlights the critical importance of investing in climate action and tackling our plastic pollution crisis during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies hearing titled, “A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency” on May 1, 2024. Watch

Senator Merkley Drills Down on Big Oil Lies in Budget Committee Hearing

Senator Merkley asks Representative Raskin about Big Oil’s efforts to avoid accountability for its role in climate chaos in a Senate Budget Committee Hearing titled, “Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid, Accountability for Climate Change” on May 1, 2024. Watch the full hearing: https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/denial-disinformation-and-doublespeak_big-oils-evolving-efforts-to-avoid-accountability-for-climate-change

Rise Up!

Rise up! Be bold. Now is NOT the time for silence. We knew that if Donald Trump picked anyone off his list of extremists, our fundamental and constitutional rights would be at stake. These are real and imminent threats to our nation. Have courage. Be brave. Keep fighting! Save the

The American Savings Act

With millions of families struggling financially, a secure retirement has become out of reach for many Americans. Families deserve peace of mind. That’s why we need to revolutionize our retirement system, and the American Savings Act does just that. Learn more: Merkley.Senate.gov/retirement

When Unions Win, Everyone Wins.

When unions win, everyone wins. Wages rise, and conditions and benefits improve—and not just for unionized workers, but for everyone. Today’s “anti-worker” Janus decision is a huge blow to working America.

“Handcuffs For All”

America – your public outcry and pressure forced Donald Trump to take action. But replacing a horrific child-snatching policy with an evil “Handcuffs For All” policy is NOT the solution.

Fight Back Against Donald Trump and Keep Families Together

I had the cops called on me when I tried to visit the facility in Texas housing hundreds of children ripped away from their parents at the U.S. border. I’m returning tomorrow and bringing friends to investigate Donald Trump’s cruel new policy of separating children from their families, but I

Merkley Slams Trump Administration

This is a scandal. At the start of hurricane season—when American citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are still suffering from FEMA’s inadequate recovery efforts—the administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA. And for what? To implement their profoundly misguided ‘zero tolerance’ policy. It wasn’t enough

en_USEnglish