America in Jeopardy – Merkley, Warren, Van Hollen, and Smith Expose Trump’s Corruption
Senators Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Tina Smith expose how Trump’s pattern of corruption puts America in jeopardy.
Defending the Referees | Part 1 of Stopping Trump’s Authoritarian Madness
Senator Jeff Merkley discusses the first part of his For Our Republic Act, a 10-point legislative roadmap to saving our republic. More about the Save Our Republic Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-leads-sweeping-legislation-to-counter-trumps-authoritarian-takeover-of-u-s-and-defend-our-democracy/
Merkley on Medicaid, a Lifeline for American Families
Ranking Member Senator Jeff Merkley questions witnesses during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Medicaid on August 4, 2026.
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.
A Legacy America Must Confront
(Originally posted June 19th, 1865) – On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received the news that they were free. 155 years later, we as a nation are still struggling to understand that the legacy of slavery is systemic
Merkley Leads Colleagues in Demanding Equality Act Passage
(Originally streamed live on June 18th, 2020) – I’m taking to the Senate Floor to demand that Mitch McConnell finally bring the #EqualityAct up for a vote. Last week’s devastating rollbacks in health care protections for transgender Americans makes clear that EQUALITY CANNOT WAIT.
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