Merkley on Rescissions: “The President is not a king!”
Senator Merkley took to the floor to speak about his amendment to prevent President Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Vought from using rescissions to supersede Congress’s power of the purse. Republicans blocked Senator Merkley’s amendment.
Merkley CALLS OUT GOP for Slashing Medicaid – “This is WRONG”
Senator Merkley spoke about the critical importance of protecting health care for people in Oregon and across the country at a press conference on July 31, 2025. Watch the full press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD5aU6IPE0s
Republicans BLOCK Bill to Release Epstein Files AGAIN!
Senate Republicans blocked Senator Merkley’s bill with Senator Lujan demanding public release of the Epstein Files. Learn more about the Epstein Files Transparency Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-lujan-demand-public-release-of-epstein-files/
Senator Merkley Advocates for Strong Consumer Protection
Senator Jeff Merkley stresses the importance of creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency in order to prevent financial scams from hurting our working families.
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.