Jeff Merkley: “Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you, Chief Manger, for your leadership and efforts to implement the…”

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

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.

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.

China’s campaign of repression and human rights abuses continues to have horrific consequences, including reports of forced organ harvesting from vulnerable groups across the PRC. We must stand up for the victims of these crimes, and our…