Jeff Merkley: “I wanted to start by noting how important dredging is and the maintenance of jetties to the coast of Oregon.”

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

Every Oregon community needs the resources to keep young people safe, support children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and build stronger relationships between families and those who serve them.

Immigration court proceedings must uphold fairness and rule of law and not be politicized to satisfy Donald Trump’s arbitrary detention quotas.

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.