Etiqueta: Protecting Consumers, Taxpayers, and the Economy

Warren, Sanders, Merkley Slam Chamber of Commerce for Opposition to Biden Administration’s Proposal to Boost Competition, Lower Drug Prices

“These efforts are a mistake, and are not consistent with the Chamber’s stated goal of ‘expand(ing) access to and improv(ing) the affordability of high-quality health care services for all Americans.’ If successful, they will undermine the Biden Administration’s effort to reduce drug prices and insurance premiums, hurting consumers and small and large businesses.” 

Warren, Markey, Merkley Call on the Bureau of Prisons to Protect Inmates, End Prison Accreditation Contract with the American Correctional Association 

“We urge the BOP not to renew its ACA accreditation contract when it expires next month.”  “The ACA’s accreditation system is ineffective at best, and at worst misleads the public to believe that a failing facility’s operations are adequate.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),

Merkley, Brown Introduce Legislation Banning LNG Exports to China

Legislation would also ban exports to Russia, Iran, and North Korea Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Ohio’s U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown introduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act, legislation that would lower prices for American households by banning the export of crude

Merkley, Colleagues: Seafood Import Monitoring Program Must Be Expanded, No More Misrepresenting Consumer Products

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led a bipartisan group of Senators in sounding concern about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) recent decision to withdraw proposed rules expanding the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP)—a program designed to address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. The Senators’

Merkley y Wyden se unen a sus colegas en una carta exigiendo a la FTC que investigue de inmediato los acuerdos petroleros sin precedentes y proteja a los estadounidenses del aumento de los precios en los surtidores

Las megafusiones de las grandes petroleras involucran a algunas de las compañías petroleras más grandes del mundo, lo que reduce la competencia y obliga a las familias estadounidenses a pagar más en el surtidor Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, se unieron al líder de la mayoría Chuck Schumer (D-NY) y 20 de sus colegas del Senado en un

Schumer, Merkley, Daines, Sinema y Lummis anuncian la Ley Bancaria SAFER

Hoy, el líder de la mayoría del Senado, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), junto con los senadores Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) y Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) presentaron el proyecto bipartidista Seguro y Ley Bancaria del Reglamento de Aplicación Justa (SAFER).

Por qué estoy votando No en el proyecto de ley predeterminado

Quería compartir mis pensamientos con ustedes sobre por qué votaré no en el proyecto de ley predeterminado. En pocas palabras: es un desastre para nuestro medio ambiente y ataca los programas fundamentales de los que dependen las familias para prosperar. Lea mi declaración completa: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-statement-i-cannot-in-good-conscience-vote-for-this-bill

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