WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – unveiled two amendments he has introduced to the national security supplemental funding package being considered by the Senate this week. The amendments address two important issues related to Gaza and the
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after voting to begin debate on a national security supplemental funding bill: “Ukrainians are fighting and dying on the front lines to defend democracy. They need us now more than ever in the battle against Putin’s tyranny.
Amendment has support of 19 Senators WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) along with 15 of their colleagues are filing their amendment to require that the weapons received by any country under the proposed national security supplemental
Senator Merkley spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the need for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and a massive influx of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Read Senator Merkley’s op-ed in the Oregonian: https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/01/merkley-gaza-needs-a-massive-increase-in-humanitarian-aid-immediately-opinion.html Read more about Senator Merkley’s visit to the Rafah Crossing, Egypt,
Este fin de semana se cumplieron 100 días de la guerra entre Israel y Hamás. Recientemente visité el cruce de Rafah y pude constatar de primera mano el grave fallo del sistema que impide que la ayuda humanitaria llegue a los palestinos en Gaza. He pedido un alto el fuego, fundamental para detener esta catástrofe humanitaria. Lea mi artículo de opinión en The Oregonian: https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/01/merkley-gaza-needs-a-massive-increase-in-humanitarian-aid-immediately-opinion.html
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), introduced a resolution calling for the peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala.
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), both members of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement after their visit to Egypt and Jordan: “The humanitarian disaster in Gaza is worsening by the day. Innocent Palestinians are on the verge of starvation, injured
La visita a Guatemala se produjo en medio de descarados ataques a la democracia guatemalteca WASHINGTON, DC – Anoche, el senador estadounidense Tim Kaine, quien se desempeña como presidente del Subcomité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado para el Hemisferio Occidental y anteriormente trabajó como misionero en Honduras, concluyó una delegación bicameral en el Congreso. visita a guatemala
Más de una docena de senadores impulsan una enmienda, incluidos requisitos de presentación de informes adicionales WASHINGTON – Hoy, los senadores estadounidenses Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), así como los senadores Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (DN.M.), Tom Carper (D- -Del.), Ben
Proyecto de ley abordaría el crimen organizado, la deforestación y la violencia en la Amazonia brasileña WASHINGTON, DC – Hoy, los senadores estadounidenses Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL) y Jeff Merkley (D-OR) presentaron el Fortalecimiento de la Ley de Estado de Derecho en la Amazonía Brasileña, legislación bipartidista para abordar los delitos cometidos por el crimen organizado y
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