Merkley Presses Trump Official to Support Oregon and American Manufacturing
Senator Merkley pressed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to support Oregon and American manufacturers by continuing the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) during a Senate Appropriations hearing. The Trump Administration moved to eliminate the MEP program earlier this year.
Congress has the power to declare war, not the President.
Senator Merkley spoke on the Senate floor in support of Senator Kaine’s war powers resolution on June 27, 2025.
Republicans BLOCKED bill to protect borrowers from crushing student debt
I was the first in my family to go to college. I know how difficult it can be to access higher education. I just brought my SOAR Act—a student loan repayment plan that protects borrowers from unaffordable student loan payments—to the floor for a vote. Republicans BLOCKED IT.
The Fight for Wall Street Reform
Senator Jeff Merkley took to the floor to talk about how working families have been hit hard by the risky business on Wall Street.
Sen. Merkley Talks to Dylan Ratigan about Common Sense Reform for Wall Street
Senator Merkley spoke with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC to talk about the need to ban high-risk trading inside our lending banks so that we can return to the days where the banks’ central focus was to lend to small businesses and families.
Merkley Amendment Takes on Conflicts of Interest Like Those in Goldman Case.wmv
Three reasons to eliminate high-risk trading from the big banks and financial firms: 1)End bailouts 2)End conflicts of interest like we saw in the recent Goldman Sachs case 3)Support lending to small businesses
Merkley Amendment Takes on Conflicts of Interest Like Those in Goldman Case
Senator Merkley: Three reasons to eliminate high-risk trading from the big banks and financial firms: 1)End bailouts 2)End conflicts of interest like we saw in the recent Goldman Sachs case3)Support lending to small businesses
Merkley Calls for Recall of Tobacco Candy
In the wake of a new study outlining numerous cases where children have been poisoned by tobacco candy, Oregons Senator Jeff Merkley and Ohios Senator Sherrod Brown have called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately remove the products from the market.
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