Jeff Merkley: “I appreciate your taking the baton and moving the ball forward.”

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.

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.