Jeff Merkley: “Do you really believe with all your heart you can tell the families of the workers who died... that you have set aside…”

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

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.

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.