Jeff Merkley: “Last summer, devastating wildfires incinerated several of the towns in my home State of Oregon, destroying hundreds of…”

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.

You can’t wait for a disaster to happen to start preparing, and this funding finally moving forward will be transformative for disaster resiliency along the North Coast.

I have heard heart-wrenching stories from Oregonians who have lost loved ones after a prescription for an injury or treatment turned into an addiction.

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