The Effects of Public Lands Layoffs on Communities – Roundtable Conversation
Senators Merkley, Heinrich, and King joined recently fired federal workers from Oregon and around the country who protect our treasured public lands and a small business owner impacted by public lands layoffs to discuss the impacts of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s reckless layoffs.
Merkley: Trump’s Philosophy on Consumer Protections is “Families Lose, Billionaires Win”
Senator Merkley spoke about President Trump’s plans to gut consumer protections at a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Forum hosted by Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Merkley: Trump’s “Energy Emergency” is Trumpflation at Work
Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor about Donald Trump’s National Energy Emergency Declaration being Trumpflation at work: driving up costs for families, fueling our competitors like China, and pouring fuel on the fire of climate chaos.
Low Drug Prices Act
Americans are being ripped off by the cost of prescription drugs. We pay the highest prices of any nation in the world, even though our taxpayers do more than any other nation’s to fund groundbreaking research. Let’s work to take on the pharmaceutical industry and say it’s time to put
Your Voice
If you want to transition our energy economy away from fossil fuels and toward clean and renewable energy, then use your voice to make a difference.
We MUST Act.
Climate chaos is no longer some threat in the future that our children will face. It’s here. And it’s happening. Right now. We MUST act. http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/
Enough is Enough
The Trump Administration is taking money away from FEMA so that they can pay to put more asylum seekers in detention centers. On this one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, it is time we stand up and say enough is enough.