Republican Ballroom Funding Bill “Doesn’t do a Damn Thing” to Help Families – Merkley
Senator Merkley torches the Republican focus on weaponizing reconciliation to fund Trump’s ballroom as families are struggling to pay for groceries, rent, and gas during a press conference on May 12, 2026.
Put Families Ahead of Predatory Payday Lenders – Merkley Calls for Commonsense Guardrails
Senator Jeff Merkley brought a Joint Resolution of Disapproval to the Senate floor to undo the Trump Administration’s industry giveaway to predatory payday lenders and restore critical consumer protections.
Merkley Forces Vote to Rein in Trump’s Illegal War with Iran
Senator Jeff Merkley forced a War Powers Resolution vote to rein in Trump’s unconstitutional war with Iran on May 13, 2026.
‘We the People’ not ‘We the Powerful’
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.
An historic victory for chemical safety
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.
Protecting against exploding oil trains
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.
Merkley Calls Out GOP Efforts to Roll Back Dodd-Frank
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.
Merkley: Honoring Your Right to Know
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.
Merkley: Senator Merkley Discusses Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland
5/19/15 – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley shares his thoughts after meeting with Chief Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the urgent need to fulfill the Senate’s constitutional responsibility to hold hearings, debates and votes in committee and on the floor.