Jeff Merkley: “Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research…”

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

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.

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.