Jeff Merkley: “We've had no choice but to do so. We've had a responsibility to do so.”

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

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

Your right to privacy includes the freedom to move around your community without every move being monitored.

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.