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 Fights for a “We the People” Budget
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to reject the GOP budget that slashes Medicaid and Medicare, all to cut trillions in taxes for the wealthy few, and instead invest in policies that benefit working families.
Senator Merkley Fights for a Budget that Works for Working America
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor to speak out against Trump’s tax plan that benefits the 1% richest Americans at the expense of everyone else.
Senator Merkley Applauds Health Care Victory, Calls for More Action
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to thank all of the grassroots advocates who helped to defeat the Graham-Cassidy health care proposal that would have devastated Medicaid and ripped care from millions.
Senator Merkley Fights for Fire Recovery and Prevention Funding
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to support emergency funding for wildfire recovery and prevention.
Senator Merkley Calls For International Action and Aid Following Crisis in Burma
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to call for international action and humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya people following escalating violence in Burma.
Senator Merkley Speaks Out Against Graham-Cassidy
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to oppose Graham-Cassidy, the latest GOP attempt to rip health care away from millions.