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
Climate Disruption Quiz Episode 2
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley hosted his climate disruption quiz on the Senate floor.
Another Week, Another Attack on Health Care
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to oppose the GOP’s plan to gut Medicaid and health care coverage for over 20 million Americans.
Senator Merkley Fights to Protect Our Care
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor about standing with the millions of Americans in opposition to the GOP’s health care plan.
Senator Merkley Responds to New GOP Health Care Bill
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley releases a video statement after Senate Republicans released a new draft of their proposed health care bill.
Senator Merkley Fights for Small Ports Funding
At an Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing, Oregon’s Senator Merkley pressed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support funding for Oregon’s small ports.
Merkley Pushes to Combat Sudden Oak Death
At an Appropriations Committee hearing, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley called on Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell to commit funds to address research and treatment for the spread of Sudden Oak Death in Southern Oregon.