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
Merkley Grills OCC Chair Curry on JP Morgan Trades
In a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley sharply questioned OCC C…
Merkley: We Cannot let Student Loan Interest Rates Double
Senator Merkley spoke on the floor, sharing the stories of Oregonians dealing with student loans.
Merkley: NDAA is Still a Threat to our Constitution
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley wanted to share a few thoughts on Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Merkley: We Must Save Oregon’s Rural Post Offices
Jeff Merkley responds to constituents who wrote in to his office concerned about the status of rural post offices in Oregon.
Merkley: Rural Post Offices are Integral to Communities
Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor today about how the closure of two post offices in Oregon would affect the local community.
Merkley: What’s at Stake in the Ruling on Health Care
Senator Merkley, in front of the Supreme Court, discusses why the health care law is so important.