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
We Need a Strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor about the choice faced by Senators. Do we want to allow the 1 percent to engage in predatory practice…
The Constitution Must Be Upheld
Senator Jeff Merkley spoke on the floor following the vote on the Defense Authorization which would allow the indefinite detention of any American.
It’s Time to End the War in Afghanistan
Senator Merkley spoke on the Senate floor on his amendment to urge the President to accelerate the transfer of power to the Government of Afghanistan and bring our sons and daughters home.
Stories from Oregon
Senator Merkley tells the stories of two constituents from Oregon trying to make ends meet.
Merkley: New Poverty Numbers Further Need to Focus on Jobs
Senator Merkley speaks with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin on the need to focus on jobs.
Jeff Merkley Pays Tribute to Senator Mark O. Hatfield
Senator Merkley pays tribute to Senator Mark Hatfield, who passed away in August 2011