Etiqueta: Foreign Policy and National Security

Merkley Announces Support for Rubio’s Secretary of State Nomination

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s United States Senator Jeff Merkley—a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—announced his support for Florida’s U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be U.S. Secretary of State: “During our time in the Senate, Senator Rubio and I have partnered on a range of legislation to shine

Merkley Statement on Ceasefire Deal

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—the first Senator in Congress to call for a lasting ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war—issued the following statement after negotiators announced a deal had been reached to pause fighting in Gaza: “I am highly encouraged by the news of a ceasefire deal that

Merkley, Reed, Huffman, Barragán, McClellan, Casten, Grijalva: Las exportaciones de GNL no son de interés público.

Washington, D.C. – El senador estadounidense por Oregón, Jeff Merkley, el senador estadounidense por Rhode Island, Jack Reed, y los representantes estadounidenses Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Sean Casten (D-IL-06) y Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-07) encabezaron hoy una carta bicameral instando al Departamento de Energía (DOE) a utilizar sus hallazgos recientes al determinar el interés público.

Merkley aplaude al Pentágono por sus esfuerzos para restituir los honores a los veteranos LGBTQ+ dados de baja injustamente y continúa la lucha por la justicia plena.

Washington, D.C. – Tras el histórico acuerdo alcanzado por el Pentágono con los veteranos LGBTQ+, el senador estadounidense por Oregón, Jeff Merkley, prometió continuar su larga labor para devolver la dignidad a los veteranos y miembros del servicio militar que fueron dados de baja injustamente de las Fuerzas Armadas de EE. UU. debido a su orientación sexual. Se estima que más de 100.000 miembros del servicio militar fueron dados de baja injustamente de las Fuerzas Armadas en los últimos años.

Senator Merkley on China’s Erasure of Tibetan, Mongolian, and Uyghur Cultures

Senator Merkley questioned witnesses during a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing titled “The Preservation of Memory: Combatting the CCP’s Historical Revisionism and Erasure of Culture” on December 5, 2024. Watch the full hearing: https://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/preservation-memory-combating-ccps-historical-revisionism-and-erasure-culture

Merkley, Jayapal, Tlaib Introduce Congressional Resolution Raising Awareness of Chemical Disasters in the United States & Abroad

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) today introduced a bicameral resolution designating December 3rd as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day. The resolution spotlights the ongoing crisis of chemical disasters nationwide and marks the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster,

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