Jeff Merkley: “I think we are all going to learn a lot from this effort. It is an incredibly important effort.”

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.

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.

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