Senator Merkley Slams USPS Delays and Downgrades on Senate Floor
Senator Merkley spoke on the U.S. Senate Floor on Monday, July 29, 2024, about recent USPS downgrades that delay and degrade service for folks in Oregon and across the country.
Senator Merkley speaks out on the need to ban Congressional stock trading
Senator Merkley gave remarks at a press conference on the need to pass the ETHICS Act to ban lawmakers from buying and trading stocks. Politicians should work for the public, not for their stock portfolios. Watch the full press conference: https://youtube.com/live/xb6-Fs8xVb4 Read more about the ETHICS Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/peters-merkley-hawley-and-ossoff-announce-historic-bipartisan-agreement-to-advance-legislation-to-ban-member-stock-trading/
Reform our Immigration System, Pass the Children’s Safe Welcome Act
Senator Merkley, Representative Kamlager-Dove, Mina Dixon Davis of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, and Neha Desai of the National Center for Youth Law discuss the Children’s Safe Welcome Act and the need to reform our immigration system. The bicameral Children’s Safe Welcome Act embeds best practices for child
Restoring the Voting Rights Act to Save Our Democracy
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate Floor today about the massive voter suppression efforts that made a real impact in cities and communities across our country during this election and the need to fully restore the Voting Rights Act to block these insidious efforts in future elections.
Putting Americans’ health ahead of Big Pharma special interests
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate Floor today to oppose the 21st Century CURES Act for cutting essential programs like Medicare and tobacco prevention while giving handouts to Big Pharma.
Merkley to Trump: Repudiate Hate Attacks and Immediately Fire Bannon (CLIP)
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate Floor today to call on President-Elect Donald Trump to immediately end his own attacks against diverse communities of Americans, demand that all Americans end their verbal and physical attacks on racial and ethnic minorities, and exclude the proponents of discrimination and hatred
Merkley to Trump: Repudiate Hate Attacks and Immediately Fire Bannon (FULL)
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate Floor today to call on President-Elect Donald Trump to immediately end his own attacks against diverse communities of Americans, demand that all Americans end their verbal and physical attacks on racial and ethnic minorities, and exclude the proponents of discrimination and hatred
A White Nationalist Has No Place in the White House
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senators Hirono, Stabenow, Markey, and Senator-elect Van Hollen today to call on Donald Trump to forcefully renounce the acts of hatred inspired by his deeply divisive campaign and immediately fire white nationalist Steve Bannon as his Chief Strategist.
One year later: Honoring Umpqua Community College victims
One year following the tragic UCC shooting, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate Floor today to honor the victims, including his relative Rebecka Ann Carnes.
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