Jeff Merkley: “I believe a surplus has essentially been dedicated to national debt.”

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.

Immigration court proceedings must uphold fairness and rule of law and not be politicized to satisfy Donald Trump’s arbitrary detention quotas.

China’s campaign of repression and human rights abuses continues to have horrific consequences, including reports of forced organ harvesting from vulnerable groups across the PRC. We must stand up for the victims of these crimes, and our…