Jeff Merkley: “I hope we can really help turn the world back in the direction of governments that work for the people from a citizen-up…”

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

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.

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.