Jeff Merkley: “That is unacceptable, isn't it?”

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.

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.