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
Merkley: Protecting Consumers’ Right to Know
March 2, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley discusses the importance of ensuring consumers can find genetically-modified organism (GMO) ingredient labeling on food packaging while ensuring that food producers are not subject to confusing or conflicting labeling requirements in different locations. Read more about the
Merkley to EPA: We need to act on Portland toxic air crisis
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley discusses the urgent need to act on the alarming Portland toxic air crisis and protect public health at the Senate Environment and Public Works hearing.
Merkley: Give SCOTUS nominee a fair hearing and timely vote
Feb. 24, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley discusses the Senate’s constitutional obligation to consider a President’s nominees in a thoughtful and timely manner, and urges Republican Senators to drop their partisan Supreme Court blockade and commit to holding hearings and votes on the President’s
Merkley: Working to End Slavery and Human Trafficking
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the importance of working to end slavery and human trafficking.
Merkley: Keeping our Citizen-Owned Fossil Fuel Reserves in the Ground
Feb. 10, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley speaks on his “Keep It in the Ground” legislation and the importance of acting now to cut carbon pollution and tackle the threat of climate change.
Merkley: Biomass as part of our national energy policy
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor to discuss an amendment on forest biomass to the bipartisan energy bill.