Jeff Merkley: “If you want them to be a big part of the deal, you better involve them.”

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.

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

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

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.