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187 Members of Congress File Brief to Support Conversion Therapy Bans at SCOTUS

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to urge the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban

As Trump Puts Americans’ Medical Debt Back on Credit Reports, Merkley, Williams, Correa Fight for Patients & Consumer Protections

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today partnered with U.S. Representatives Nikema Williams (GA-05) and Lou Correa (CA-46) to push back against recent efforts by the Trump Administration to roll back federal protections aiming to keep medical debt off Americans’ credit reports. Their Medical Debt Relief Act would ban all medical debt from

Merkley Pushes to Protect Soil, Water Sources Used in Farming from Microplastics

Washington, D.C. – To close out his push throughout July to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today reintroduced his Research for Healthy Soils Act. This legislation would unlock federal funding at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service to conduct research on microplastics in biosolids and help us better understand their potential impacts

Merkley, Cornyn Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Defend Vulnerable Uyghurs from Being Forcibly Returned to PRC

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Texas’ U.S. Senator John Cornyn today teamed up to introduce new bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on foreign government officials involved in the forced deportation of Uyghurs and other at-risk individuals to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Preventing the Forced Return of Uyghurs Act follows reports

Merkley, Wyden Advocate for Affordable Child Care

As Republicans deliver massive tax breaks for billionaires and kick Americans off their health care, Democrats continue their fight to help families find and afford child care  Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said today they cosponsored the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation

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