Members of a bipartisan congressional commission warned Wednesday that China’s use of technology to repress Muslim Uyghurs in its far-western Xinjiang is widening and could be exported around the world. The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which Congress established in 2000, held a hearing in Washington to draw attention to
World capitals and Olympic committees will soon need to make a consequential decision. They can either reward and reinforce Chinese President Xi Jinping’s unprecedented power grab – at home and abroad – by participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics in the name of “political neutrality,” or they can hold him
The Fossil Free Finance Act, sponsored by Democratic Sens. Ed Markey (Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.), would require the Federal Reserve to impose new restrictions on major banks and other systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) to cut off funding for projects that produce planet-heating emissions. “In order to reduce emissions
Increasing polarization, social media, the corruption of elections and paralysis of the Senate are major threats to American democracy according to Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) ’79, who spoke at a Tuesday Democracy Day event hosted by Stanford in Government. Merkley hails from a small town in rural Oregon, and he said
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) introduced last week legislation to address international financial institutions financing fossil fuel projects, which the legislators maintain is expediting climate chaos. The Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2021 prioritizes the transition to global clean and renewable energy sources via
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley recently announced key provisions in education and health care in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill that will fund programs that support frontline health care workers and educators, who have suffered through the strain of a global pandemic for nearly two years.
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced Friday, Oct. 22, key provisions in the Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill that will fund critical programs supporting economic development, research, and the safety of vulnerable populations in communities across Oregon. The bill is the basis for negotiations with the House, as Congress
Oregon’s only federally-run boarding school for Native American students may soon face a federal investigation at the urging of the state’s U.S. senators. In a pointed letter to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Interior, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats from Oregon, lay out a
The House passed a bill Friday to expand federal requirements that employers provide break time and accommodations for nursing mothers to pump breast milk in a private, nonbathroom space. Dubbed the PUMP for Working Mothers Act, the bipartisan legislation led by Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York and Republican Rep.
Paris Hilton spoke on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby for a bill aimed at cracking down on abuse in facilities for troubled teens. Driving the news: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is writing a “Bill of Rights” that would guarantee children in youth facilities have the right to call their parents,
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