Jeff Merkley: “This investment in Oregon State University’s NSF FAST Engine will further supercharge Oregon’s innovative semiconductor…”

As the United States faces yet another record-breaking fire season this year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) cannot allow these prediction markets to offer unrestricted betting on wildfires.

Once an Administration begins punishing Americans for how they vote, the threat extends far beyond these projects: no state, community, business, or worker can trust that the federal government will apply the law fairly.

This is a five-alarm fire. It’s wrong under every moral code.

Congress cannot afford to commit to another massive military boondoggle that will only succeed in filling the coffers of the military-industrial complex.