Jeff Merkley: “I just wish it did not take 2 days to get a Congressional Delegation halfway around the world to start those meetings.”

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

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

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.

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.