Jeff Merkley: “We must recognize as a Congress that non-defense funding is just as important as defense spending.”

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.

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.

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