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 Answers Health Care Questions from MomsRising Members
Senator Merkley sat down with Donna Norton of MomsRising to answer questions about how health care reform will impact their Oregon members.
Merkley Fights to Extend Unemployment Benefits
Senator Merkley spoke on the floor about the need to extend unemployment benefits to ensure that American families struggling to find work can get back on their feet.
Merkley Lays Out Oil Independence Plan
Senator Merkley stresses the importance of breaking our addiction to overseas oil on the Ed Show on MSNBC. Merkley discussed his plan to make our nation energy independent by creating clean energy jobs here at home and improving our nation’s transportation infrastructure.
Merkley Calls for Disaster Relief in the Klamath Basin
Senator Merkley calls for additional federal disaster relief to help Oregonians weather the severe drought that is harming the Klamath Basin.
The Merkley-Levin Amendment to End High-risk Trading Should be Voted On
Senator Merkley takes to the Senate floor and calls for a vote on the “Volcker Rule” to prohibit lending banks and major financial institutions from engaging…
Sen. Merkley Calls for an End to Obstruction on Behalf of Wall St
Senator Jeff Merkley took to the floor to demand answers as to why Senators were protecting Wall Street by blocking the Merkley-Levin amendment from getting a vote. The Merkley-Levin amendment would ban high-risk trading inside our lending and depository institutions and end conflicts of interest on Wall Street.
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