Jeff Merkley: “GLRI is a program that works well and has demonstrated implementation successes.”

The SRS program provides crucial payments that are a lifeline for rural communities here in Oregon and across America.

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.

We can’t sleepwalk into a decision this consequential. The law gives Congress the power to review and block a deal like this, and the Senate will now have the chance to fulfill its statutory responsibility before it’s too late.

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