Merkley to Congress: Fight for government by and for the people—not by and for elites and oligarchs.
Senator Merkley spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to outline the corrupting force of dark money in our elections since the Citizens United Supreme Court decision and to chart a path toward disclosure and getting dark money out of our electoral process.
Merkley: Interior Bill is a “Step Toward Congress Reclaiming its Constitutional Power of the Purse”
Senator Merkley spoke on the Senate floor about the Interior appropriations bill and the importance of Congress reclaiming its ‘Power of the Purse.’
Merkley Leads Bipartisan Push to Tell the Truth about January 6
Senator Merkley led a bipartisan push to display a plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to defend our Capitol and our “We the People” government on January 6, 2021, after Speaker of the House Mike Johnson refused to do so.
Merkley Speaks Out Against Secret Police Night 2
(Originally streamed live on July 23rd, 2020) – Last night, Senate Republicans were OFFENDED that I dared come to the Floor a second time, asking simply for a vote on my bill to end Trump’s use of secret police. Well I’m back on the Floor now, asking AGAIN. Americans’ rights
“We have an authoritarian president out of control.”
(Originally posted July 22nd, 2020) – Donald Trump is taking the secret police tactics of Putin, Erdo?an, Duterte to American streets. We have an authoritarian president who is out of control.
Merkley Speaks Out Against Secret Police
(Originally streamed live on July 21st, 2020)
2020 Wasco County Town Hall
(Originally streamed live on July 21st, 2020) – I sat down with Oregonians in Wasco County for a virtual town hall, and we streamed our conversation right here to Facebook. Town hall begins around the 6 minute mark. Watch below to hear everything we talked about, including unmarked secret police
Every American should be terrified by what they’ve seen
(Originally posted July 20, 2020) – I’m flying back to DC right now to introduce legislation to STOP TRUMP from using his federal forces as secret military police. What he is doing in our state is the stuff of dictatorships and nightmares, and let me be clear: If he gets
This feels like an occupying force with no transparency.
(Originally posted July 13th, 2020) – By sending in this kind of occupying force, Donald Trump has inflamed the situation, not helped it. The Trump/Barr occupiers should get out of Oregon.
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