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Senator Jeff Merkley

@SenJeffMerkley

Dad, runner, Chief Filibuster Antagonist. U.S. Senator from Oregon.

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The Biden administration took an important step to ensure we develop a truly clean hydrogen industry. Creating hydrogen energy can be greenhouse gas-intensive—if we want it to be a part of the climate solution, we need to get the production piece right.
merkley.senate.gov/merkley-applau…

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Public confidence in our government is at its lowest since 1979. To start to fix this, we must listen to the American people. I joined with Senator Jeff Merkley and Noah Bookbinder to renew our call for a ban on Members of Congress owning and trading stocks.
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As Chair of the Interior and Environment Spending Subcommittee, I secured a $70M funding increase to make sure U.S. EPA could hold corporate polluters accountable—especially in communities on the frontlines of climate chaos. This is progress for the people!
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Reckless, unchecked use of facial recognition technology is on the rise across the country—in the airport, in the grocery store, at the pharmacy. A clear threat to your right to privacy!
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I’ve been pushing the ETHICS Act to ban members, their spouses, and their children from undermining public trust by owning and trading stocks because we’re here to serve the people, not pad our stock portfolios!
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MetLife Investment Management forecasts that by 2030, hedge funds will own 40% of all single family rental homes in the U.S. That’s roughly 7.6 million homes—a scary and staggering number.

We need to pass my End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act! cnbc.com/2023/02/21/how…

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OPINION: Two of us are members of Congress, and there’s no reason our colleagues should be allowed to own and trade stocks.

Read the piece from Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Sen. Jeff Merkley, and Noah Bookbinder: trib.al/YxoLx4s

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Big win for workers and the economy: President Biden announced this week that, for the first time, Project Labor Agreements will be required on all major federal construction projects. This will support fair working conditions—treating those rebuilding our infrastructure right!

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Every piece of news that comes out about Thomas’ corruption reveals that billionaires have a tighter and further-reaching grip on him than the public previously thought possible. It’s one mega gift after another—many unreported. A man with no ethics doesn’t belong on the court.

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When lobbyists for hedge funds and huge corporations line up to slam your housing bill, you know you’re doing something right. I will always fight for ordinary people! Houses in our communities are homes for families, not profit centers for Wall Street. 
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Passing the DISCLOSE Act will help stop billionaires from swaying policy by shining a light on the dark money pouring into our elections. We need to get this done.

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Unfortunately, we did not get a MEGA grant in this round for Coos Bay, but President Biden himself called Ron Wyden , Val Hoyle and me to say he supports this project and wants the federal government to be a full partner in pursuing a path to make it happen.

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It's time for Congress to put commonsense guardrails in place to help make sure all families have a fair chance to buy or rent a decent home in their community at a price they can afford. Let’s pass the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act!newsweek.com/democrats-plan…

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Good news: the bill I am supporting to give back pay to military officers whose confirmations were on hold this year PASSED unanimously in the Senate last night. It's the right thing to do—but we never should’ve been in this position to begin with.

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HUGE. It’s a game changer for Oregonians. After intense bipartisan teamwork, we’ve secured $600M in U.S. Department of Transportation funding for the critically important I-5 bridge replacement project. kgw.com/article/news/l…

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Houses in our communities should be homes for families—not a profit center for billionaires on Wall Street. I introduced the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act to finally kick hedge funds out of the housing market and help us address our affordable housing crisis.

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