Day: June 16, 2020

VIDEO RELEASE: Merkley Brings America’s Cry for Justice to Senate Floor

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding America’s demand for critical reforms to address police brutality and the nation’s centuries-old history of systemic racism: “I am honored to join with colleagues to talk about the historic moment that our

Following SCOTUS Ruling, Senators Lead Push to Bring Equality Act to a Vote

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)—along with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Senate Minority Leader Charles

Morrow County Town Hall

Senator Merkley will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon and America. Morrow County NULL NULL, OR NULL

Merrkley applauds supreme court decision upholding LGBTQ rights

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the lead author of the Equality Act, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the rights of LGBTQ Americans to be free from discrimination in the workplace, according to a news release. In 2013, Senator Merkley led the Senate

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