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.
Low Drug Prices Act
Americans are being ripped off by the cost of prescription drugs. We pay the highest prices of any nation in the world, even though our taxpayers do more than any other nation’s to fund groundbreaking research. Let’s work to take on the pharmaceutical industry and say it’s time to put
Your Voice
If you want to transition our energy economy away from fossil fuels and toward clean and renewable energy, then use your voice to make a difference.
We MUST Act.
Climate chaos is no longer some threat in the future that our children will face. It’s here. And it’s happening. Right now. We MUST act. http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/
Enough is Enough
The Trump Administration is taking money away from FEMA so that they can pay to put more asylum seekers in detention centers. On this one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, it is time we stand up and say enough is enough.