Jeff Merkley: “Much credit is owed to Ranking Member Merkley for his leadership on the Rural Energy Savings Program Act (RESPA)”

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.

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

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…