I want to emphasize that word, 'required'.
Editor's note · Context
Merkley stresses the legal obligation to reimburse tribes for certain costs.
Share
More from Jeff Merkley
Americans who have serious health conditions—including those who are awaiting trial—need access to quality health care and can’t afford to be kicked off of those benefits.
Abandoning children to meet deportation targets is immoral. This must stop. These children deserve legal representation.
Common-sense measures to ensure abusers and violent offenders are barred from accessing firearms are the least we can do to protect the safety of both domestic abuse survivors and our broader communities.
Once an Administration begins punishing Americans for how they vote, the threat extends far beyond these projects: no state, community, business, or worker can trust that the federal government will apply the law fairly.





