Wyden, Merkley Warn Against Trump Administration Resuming Explosive Nuclear Testing
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representative Bill Foster, D-Ill., today led a bicameral group of 80 other colleagues including U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. in urging Donald Trump not to resume explosive nuclear testing after a 28-year hiatus. This letter comes in response to reports
Merkley Announces Support for Booker-Harris Bill to Tackle Police Brutality, Will Push for Action in Coming Weeks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement announcing his support and co-sponsorship of new legislation drafted by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA-37), and House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY-10) to tackle police
Merkley Announces Legislation for National Police Misconduct Database, Calls for Sweeping Action to Address Police Brutality
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today announced legislation, the National Police Misconduct Database and Transparency in Hiring Act, that would create a national database of police misconduct to create greater oversight and accountability across America. This legislation would help ensure that police officers who have been removed
Merkley Slams Trump’s Self-Defeating Retreat from the WHO
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s subcommittee overseeing multilateral institutions, released the following statement after President Trump announced this afternoon that he would cut off U.S. funding for and withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Merkley Statement on State Department Determination That Hong Kong Is No Longer Autonomous
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a new determination that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from mainland China. The determination, which follows a new anti-democratic law cracking down
Merkley Statement on China’s Alarming New Hong Kong Security Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after China’s ruling Communist Party moved to impose a new security law to strip away critical freedoms in Hong Kong: “Today is a dark day for Hong Kong and the
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