Jeff Merkley: “The Federal Government should clean it up, and then go decade after decade with doing virtually nothing out there.”

America today is larger, busier and more complex than the America our Founding Fathers designed the Senate and its rules to govern.

Every Oregon community needs the resources to keep young people safe, support children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and build stronger relationships between families and those who serve them.

To be clear: Both parties have played a role in creating Senate dysfunction, and both have a responsibility to fix it.

The SRS program provides crucial payments that are a lifeline for rural communities here in Oregon and across America.