Following Wells Fargo’s widespread illegal activity, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley demands accountability from Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on September 20, 2016.
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and others on the Senate floor on July 11, 2016, to expose the Koch Brothers-funded web of denial that is obscuring the science on climate change and blocking legislative action.
U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jon Tester (D-MT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) hold a press conference on July 6, 2016 to express their concerns over the Senate proposal for the labeling of genetically modified foods (GMOs) and to emphasize the importance of protecting consumers’
Following the mass shooting in Orlando, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) late on June 15, 2016 to discuss taking common-sense steps to improve gun safety and ending discrimination against the LGBT community.
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) on the Senate Floor on June 15, 2016, to call for action following the tragic shooting in Orlando, Florida.
June 8, 2016—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senate Democrats on the steps of the Capitol to unveil new legislation — “We the People” — to reform government and take back our democracy from special interests.
June 7, 2016—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor after the United States Senate passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, landmark legislation to better protect our kids and families from dangerous toxic chemicals in everyday products.
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Union Pacific oil train accident that took place near Mosier, Oregon and the urgent need to protect our communities from the threat of dangerous oil trains.
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley calls out recent GOP efforts to roll back Dodd-Frank at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on June 7, 2016.
May 25, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley discusses the importance of ensuring consumers can find genetically-modified organism (GMO) ingredient labeling on food packaging while ensuring that food producers are not subject to confusing or conflicting labeling requirements in different locations.
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