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Merkley, Balint Fight Back Against Trump’s Hateful Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies

During Pride Month, Lawmakers Defend Freedom & Rights for Queer, Trans Americans  Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT) launched a new effort to push back against the Trump Administration’s assault on the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ Americans nationwide. The No Place for

Before Busy Summer Travel Season, Merkley, Kennedy, Markey, Marshall Push to Rein in TSA Facial Recognition Technology at Airports Across U.S.

During National Travel and Tourism Week, Senators lead bipartisan Traveler Privacy Protection Act Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Louisiana’s U.S. Senator John Kennedy, Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey, and Kansas’ U.S. Senator Roger Marshall banded together to sound the alarm over the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA)

Merkley, Crapo Lead Bipartisan Effort to Expand Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Idaho’s U.S. Senator Mike Crapo today teamed up to introduce the bipartisan Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Program Reauthorization Act of 2025. This legislation would reauthorize and expand the CFLR program, which helps fund collaborative and community-based forest management. The CFLR program has a

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