Senator Merkley on China’s Erasure of Tibetan, Mongolian, and Uyghur Cultures
Senator Merkley questioned witnesses during a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing titled “The Preservation of Memory: Combatting the CCP’s Historical Revisionism and Erasure of Culture” on December 5, 2024. Watch the full hearing: https://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/preservation-memory-combating-ccps-historical-revisionism-and-erasure-culture
We need oversight for TSA’s facial recognition system.
I’m pushing for rigorous oversight of TSA’s facial recognition system—the building blocks for a national surveillance state. Remember: you can opt out!
Merkley to Biden Admin on Public Lands Damage: We Can’t Let “Devastation Sit there Unaddressed”
In the face of the damage that wildfires, hurricanes, landslides, tornados, and flooding have wrought on national parks, wildlife refuges, and national forests across the country during the past two years, Senator Merkley made the case for restoration and repair of public lands and infrastructure during a Senate Appropriations Committee
The Worst Idea From Any Presidential Candidate. Ever.
Today, after GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump issued a proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S., Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley strongly denounced the proposal on the Senate floor, calling it “the single worst idea I have heard from any presidential candidate, ever.”
Merkley decries Republican efforts to slip Wall St. favors into must-pass spending bills
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, the Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, speaks on the Senate floor to decry Republican efforts to slip poison pill riders letting Wall Street return to reckless and risky practices into must-pass, year-end spending bills. Despite the risk of
Merkley: Improving veterans care
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) along with veterans groups and health care advocates to introduce the Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act—a bill that would make common-sense changes in VA staffing policies to improve veterans care and working conditions
Merkley: Why we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor to urge Congress to support the Keep it in the Ground Act and accelerate the transition from a fossil fuel economy to a clean energy economy.
Keep it in the Ground: Combatting Climate Change by Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley explains the importance of combating climate change and how we can reduce carbon pollution by keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
Merkley: Keep fossil fuels in the Ground
Senator Jeff Merkley, Senator Bernie Sanders, and national climate leaders hold a rally to unveil major new climate legislation to combat climate change and keep fossil fuels in the ground. This legislation for the first time will aggressively tackle the role of extraction of oil, gas and coal on federal
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