Jeff Merkley: “I introduced bill, the Children's Safe Welcome Act, which we have shared with your team, which was designed to kind of…”

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

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.

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

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.