Wyden, Merkley Demand Transparency from Meta on Facial Recognition Technology in Smart Glasses
Senators: “The deployment of facial recognition technology in smart glasses risks entrenching a system in which Americans are routinely scanned, catalogued, and analyzed as they move through daily life — an outcome fundamentally incompatible with a democracy.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-Ore.) today
Bipartisan Merkley, Sheehy Bill Boosts Transportation and Access to Public Lands
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Montana’s U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy led a bipartisan effort to reauthorize the Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP), a popular federal program that provides transportation options to public lands. The Senators’ bipartisan FLAP Reauthorization Act ensures the program will not expire
Merkley Announces Central Oregon Town Halls in March
Senator holding in-person conversations in Klamath, Lake, Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties between March 20-21 Bend, OR. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced he will continue his town halls with in-person community conversations in Klamath and Lake counties on Friday, March 20, followed by conversations in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties on Saturday, March 21. The five events continue Merkley’s 2026 town hall tour of
Merkley Pushes USDA to Get Rural Broadband Funding to Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today pushed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to make sure that new rural broadband funding reaches the communities it was intended to help. As the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Merkley successfully fought to
Merkley Decries ICE Detainment of Infants
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the American Immigration Council (AIC) filed a complaint with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling on ICE to release infants with their mothers from custody. Currently, at least nine infants under one year of age are being
Merkley Introduces Resolution to Prevent Military Intervention in Venezuela Without Explicit Congressional Authorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following repeated hints from the Trump Administration that it is considering a military intervention in Venezuela, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced a Senate resolution that would prohibit military action in Venezuela without explicit congressional approval. Merkley is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and
Merkley and Colleagues Offer $2 Billion Plan to Reduce Class Sizes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), today introduced bold new legislation to invest in smaller class sizes for public schools across America. Smaller class sizes increase student achievement and
Merkley, Wyden Join Colleagues to Introduce Comprehensive Child Care And Early Learning Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have joined 33 Democratic colleagues to introduce the Child Care for Working Families Act, a comprehensive early learning and child care bill to ensure affordable, high-quality child care for working middle class families and those living paycheck to paycheck.
Merkley, Smith Introduce Bill to Protect Rent-to-Own Tenants
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) today introduced the Residential Rent-to-Own Protection Act, legislation that would create a safe, viable pathway to homeownership by reforming traditionally predatory rent-to-own housing contracts, also called land contracts or contracts-for-deed. “Rent-to-own housing agreements could provide access
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