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: We need toxic chemical safety reform
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks with a bipartisan coalition of Senators on the need for the Senate to vote on the Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act and reform our current, outdated toxic chemical legislation.
Merkley: Fixing our broken Senate
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to invite all U.S. Senators to begin a conversation on how to restore the Senate’s capacity to effectively do the people’s business.
Merkley: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
During Hispanic Heritage month, we pay tribute to the Hispanic community and celebrate the impact these individuals have made on our nation.
3 Pathways to the Middle Class
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley released a whiteboard video that explains how we can remove roadblocks and improve the pathways to the middle class for millions of working Americans. See more here: https://medium.com/@SenJeffMerkley/3-pathways-to-the-middle-class-9995524e35e3
Senator Merkley Introduces the Equality Act
On Thursday, July 23, 2015, forty Senators, led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced historic, comprehensive federal legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT Americans.
Members of Congress Introduce Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Bill
Members of Congress gather in the Senate’s Lyndon B. Johnson room with advocacy leaders and LGBT Americans who have suffered discrimination to announce the introduction of historic legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in federal law.
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