Press Releases

Merkley, Sullivan, Curtis, Kaine Push for Bipartisan Crackdown on Chinese Government-Controlled Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices in U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)—a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)—teamed up with currentCECC Chair Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Senator John Curtis (R-UT), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) to introduce bipartisan legislation that cracks

Merkley: Senate Fails to Stand Up to Trump’s Unconstitutional Strikes Against Venezuela

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley —a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—today released the following statement after the Senate voted to block U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)’s War Powers Resolutionaimed at stopping unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela: “The Trump Administration has repeatedly misled the American people about its plans for Venezuela, sending

Merkley: It’s Time For Bold Action to Address Nation’s Challenges

Jeff Merkley was sworn in today as Oregon’s U.S. Senator.  Senator Merkley issued the following statement outlining the challenges that face the new Congress and our nation and the work that must be done.  A telephone quality actuality of the statement is available. “Three decades ago, when I came to

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