Jeff Merkley: “Boosting the boots on the ground, if you will, across Indian country seems to be a central tenet of this request.”

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.

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.

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.