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Senator Merkley Slams Billionaires Dodging Taxes in Budget Hearing

Senator Merkley questioned Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley on how to shore up critical Social Security benefits for millions of Americans and stop billionaires from dodging taxes by using tax-free IRA accounts during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on September 11, 2024. Watch the full hearing: https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/social-security-forever-delivering-benefits-and-protecting-retirement-security

Senator Merkley Slams Billionaires Dodging Taxes in Budget Hearing

Senator Merkley has been working for more than a year to rein in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s rapid, unchecked expansion of facial recognition technology in airports across the country. He shares that his photo was taken without his knowledge or consent at Washington National Airport as he was trying

The Summer Meals and Learning Act

The Summer Meals and Learning Act will help keep kids in Oregon and across the country fed and well-read during the summer months. I’m working to get it passed! More about the Summer Meals and Learning Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/congressman-morelle-senator-merkley-introduce-legislation-to-close-summer-learning-gap/

Senator Merkley speaks out on the need to ban Congressional stock trading

Senator Merkley gave remarks at a press conference on the need to pass the ETHICS Act to ban lawmakers from buying and trading stocks. Politicians should work for the public, not for their stock portfolios. Watch the full press conference: https://youtube.com/live/xb6-Fs8xVb4 Read more about the ETHICS Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/peters-merkley-hawley-and-ossoff-announce-historic-bipartisan-agreement-to-advance-legislation-to-ban-member-stock-trading/

Reformemos nuestro sistema de inmigración, aprobemos la Ley de Acogida Segura para los Niños.

El senador Merkley, la representante Kamlager-Dove, Mina Dixon Davis del Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights y Neha Desai del National Center for Youth Law debaten sobre la Ley de Bienvenida Segura para Niños y la necesidad de reformar nuestro sistema de inmigración. La Ley de Bienvenida Segura para Niños, de carácter bicameral, incorpora las mejores prácticas para la protección infantil.

Senator Merkley on Impact of Climate Chaos on Insurance in Oregon

Senator Merkley discussed the impact of climate chaos on the cost and availability of homeowner’s insurance in Oregon during a Senate Budget Committee hearing titled, “Riskier Business: How Climate is Already Challenging Insurance Markets” on June 5, 2024. Watch the full hearing: https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/riskier-business-how-climate-is-already-challenging-insurance-markets

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