Higher education should be a path to the American Dream, but that dream is shattered if when students graduate, they find that their degrees are worthless. This system is broken, and the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act would help fix it.
As we mark this year’s World Humanitarian Day, we need to step up in the face of devastating famines that threaten millions of lives. U.S. food aid has saved countless lives; our foreign aid is critical as a matter of morality and U.S. national security interests.
Today is the court-imposed deadline for the Trump administration to reunite children with their families. They missed it. This will go down as a shameful chapter in American history.
Rise up! Be bold. Now is NOT the time for silence. We knew that if Donald Trump picked anyone off his list of extremists, our fundamental and constitutional rights would be at stake. These are real and imminent threats to our nation. Have courage. Be brave. Keep fighting! Save the
With millions of families struggling financially, a secure retirement has become out of reach for many Americans. Families deserve peace of mind. That’s why we need to revolutionize our retirement system, and the American Savings Act does just that. Learn more: Merkley.Senate.gov/retirement
When unions win, everyone wins. Wages rise, and conditions and benefits improve—and not just for unionized workers, but for everyone. Today’s “anti-worker” Janus decision is a huge blow to working America.
America – your public outcry and pressure forced Donald Trump to take action. But replacing a horrific child-snatching policy with an evil “Handcuffs For All” policy is NOT the solution.
I had the cops called on me when I tried to visit the facility in Texas housing hundreds of children ripped away from their parents at the U.S. border. I’m returning tomorrow and bringing friends to investigate Donald Trump’s cruel new policy of separating children from their families, but I
This is a scandal. At the start of hurricane season—when American citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are still suffering from FEMA’s inadequate recovery efforts—the administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA. And for what? To implement their profoundly misguided ‘zero tolerance’ policy. It wasn’t enough
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley presses Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to ensure that recently allocated assistance can get to the Klamath Basin as quickly as possible to help with the upcoming summer drought.
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