Jeff is fighting to fix our broken financial system and make it work for middle-class families and small businesses again. Jeff is passionate about consumer protection and making sure that ordinary families are protected against scams and predatory schemes that threaten their pocketbooks. He led the fight in Oregon to take on the predatory payday lenders. In the U.S. Senate, he’s fought to create and strengthen the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the first-ever federal agency with the sole mission of looking out for consumers in their everyday financial transactions.
CBO Reports the Final “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Tally Will Add $3.4 Trillion to Deficits Over 10 Years
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the final version of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that was signed into law will increase the debt by
Wyden, Merkley Introduce Legislation Targeting The Use of Presidential Libraries as Tools for Corruption
Special interests seemingly seeking favors from Donald Trump have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into his presidential library Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined colleagues in introducing legislation that would close loopholes letting presidential libraries be used for
Wyden, Merkley, Join Colleagues to Introduce Bill to Safeguard Consumers from Online Subscription Traps
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would protect consumers in Oregon and nationwide from online free trial scams and hard-to-cancel recurring-payment programs. The Consumer Online Payment Transparency and Integrity (OPT-IN) Act puts the responsibility on companies
Merkley Joins Colleagues in Push for FTC Action to Prevent Corporations from Using Trump’s Chaotic Tariffs as Cover to Price Gouge Americans
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of his Senate colleagues in urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson to investigate corporations that are using tariffs as a cover for price gouging that is raising costs for American families and use the FTC’s full
Congressman Maxwell Frost and Senator Jeff Merkley Introduce Bicameral Pro Renters Bill, the End Junk Fees for Renters Act
Frost and Gomez First Introduced the Bill to Increase Affordability and Transparency for Renters in 2023 WATCH THE ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) announced the introduction of bicameral legislation aimed at addressing the housing crisis and standing firmly
Sens. Markey, Merkley, Reps. Garamendi, Beyer Lead Effort to Rein in Dangerous, Wasteful “Golden Dome” Missile Plan
Letter Text (PDF) Washington (July 8, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rep. John Garamendi (CA-08), and Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08), co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today led their colleagues in writing to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, urging the
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