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(Originally posted May 11th, 2020) – Our nurses and front line health care workers are more than just heroes. They’re life-saving medical professionals who are begging our government to get them the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need to battle the coronavirus in our communities. There’s no excuse for the

(Originally posted March 30th, 2020) – I’ve just launched “Operation: Main Street,” an online economic recovery hub to help Oregon businesses and 501(c)(3)s get emergency aid: www.merkley.senate.gov/mainstreet As programs come online, this portal will be updated with new information and specifics about how and where to access these funds. For

Still at the Capitol. Desk is chaos now. PB&J’s keeping me going through long hours of negotiations. Handful of Republican Senators holding aid hostage now over unemployment benefits for Americans of all things. We need to get this passed NOW.

(Originally posted March 24th, 2020) – In my Senate office, hoping for a vote on the third coronavirus relief bill tonight, and wanted to take a second to talk about another critical issue: getting stranded Oregonians and Americans home ASAP. My team and I are working in overdrive to get

(Originally streamed live on March 18th, 2020): The Senate is voting within the next hour on bipartisan legislation to help in the response to coronavirus, and I’m talking to Oregon media about it. As we continue to grapple with this public health crisis, our top priorities must be to continue

(Originally posted March 9th, 2020) – Oregon has nearly 3,000 “borrower defense” claims in to the Department of Education, which would allow people who have been defrauded or misled by for-profit schools to seek relief. Under Betsy DeVos, only 13 of those applicants were approved last quarter. I’m pressing for