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
Senator Merkley Presses Trump’s Environmental Nominees on Climate Disruption
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley asks President Trump’s nominees for top environmental positions about the administration’s report that outlines the human impact on climate disruption. The nominees refuse to accept the facts in front of them.
Senator Merkley Speaks Out Against EPA Nominee Wehrum
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor to speak out against the nomination of William Wehrum for a top EPA position. Wehrum has refused to acknowledge the clear human impact on climate disruption and downplayed time and time again the dangers of mercury and power plant emissions.
Senator Merkley Speaks Out Against NLRB Nominee
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to vote no on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Nominee Peter Robb, a man who has made a career out of undermining workers’ rights.
Senator Merkley Speaks Out Against Anti-Union Attacks
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor to speak out against powerful and privileged Americans’ attempt to kneecap unions through the Supreme Court JANUS v. AFSCME case.
Senator Merkley Speaks Out Against GOP Efforts to Pack the Courts
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to reject the GOP’s attempts to undermine the foundation of the judiciary by packing the courts with unqualified, extreme right-wing ideologues.
Senator Merkley Slams GOP Efforts to Kneecap Consumer Rights
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to reject the GOP’s efforts to repeal a rule that allows consumers to get their day in court to hold financial institutions accountable.
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