Merkley Discusses Banning Elected Officials from Cashing in on Prediction Markets – MS NOW
Senator Jeff Merkley talks about his work to ban elected officials from using non-public information to make a fortune on prediction markets and to ban prediction markets that are against the public interest.
Merkley: Social Security protects against “senior years lived in desperate poverty”
Ranking Member Jeff Merkley laid out the vital importance of Social Security and the work ahead needed to address the Social Security shortfall during his opening remarks in a Senate Budget Committee hearing on March 25, 2026.
Merkley SLAMS Republican Voter Suppression Bill
Senator Merkley spoke out against the Republican SAVE America Act on the Senate floor on March 17, 2026.
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.