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
Why I’m Voting No on the Default Bill
I wanted to share my thoughts with you about why I’ll be voting no on the default bill. Simply put: it’s a disaster for our environment and attacks the foundational programs that families rely on to thrive. Read my full statement: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-statement-i-cannot-in-good-conscience-vote-for-this-bill
Senator Merkley Grills Biden Administration Official on Fossil Fuel Permitting
Senator Merkley questioned White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory about the Biden administration’s continued approval of dirty energy projects, despite claims to be moving toward a renewable energy future during a Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee Hearing.
Merkley Implores Biden to Stop Republican Hostage Taking on the Deficit by Invoking 14th Amendment
Republicans are trying to make the rich even richer and flood the country with fossil fuels while dangling our economy over a cliff. President Biden needs to stop Republican hostage taking and prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to do so. Senator Merkley joined 10 Senate colleagues in urging President
We Must Put People Ahead of Dirty Energy Profits
I refuse to accept a system in which the fossil fuel industry buys our elections to push their planet-destroying policies. We must put people over dirty energy profits and transition to renewable energy.
Senator Merkley Calls Out Chinese Government’s Human Rights Abuses
Senator Merkley calls for the U.S. to strengthen enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, hold the Chinese government accountable for its perpetration of transnational repression, and to continue to block the export of crowd control supplies to the Hong Kong police in a press conference on May 3,
Senator Jeff Merkley Testifies in Support of SAFE Banking Act
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley spoke in support of the bipartisan SAFE Banking Act at a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled, “Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers” on May 11, 2023. Senator Merkley and Montana Senator Steve Daines introduced the SAFE Banking
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