Videos

June 8, 2016—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joins Senate Democrats on the steps of the Capitol to unveil new legislation — “We the People” — to reform government and take back our democracy from special interests.

June 7, 2016—Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor after the United States Senate passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, landmark legislation to better protect our kids and families from dangerous toxic chemicals in everyday products.

Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Union Pacific oil train accident that took place near Mosier, Oregon and the urgent need to protect our communities from the threat of dangerous oil trains.

Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley calls out recent GOP efforts to roll back Dodd-Frank at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on June 7, 2016.

May 25, 2016—This week in his “We the People” speech series, Senator Merkley discusses the importance of ensuring consumers can find genetically-modified organism (GMO) ingredient labeling on food packaging while ensuring that food producers are not subject to confusing or conflicting labeling requirements in different locations.

5/19/15 – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley shares his thoughts after meeting with Chief Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the urgent need to fulfill the Senate’s constitutional responsibility to hold hearings, debates and votes in committee and on the floor.