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Senator Jeff Merkley

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Dad, runner, filibuster reformer. U.S. Senator from Oregon.

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@merkley.senate.govOct 9, 2026, 3:40 PM

The Secure Rural Schools program—created by Oregon's own @wyden.senate.gov—is a lifeline for rural communities, providing funding that keeps schools and libraries open, maintains roads, and keeps communities safe. We need to pass this extension.

@merkley.senate.govOct 8, 2026, 11:36 PM

ICE and Border Patrol agents are terrorizing our friends and neighbors. Trump’s lawless federal agents trampling due process is completely wrong. These are not Oregon—or American—values.l

@postopinions.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 5:45 PMReposted by @merkley.senate.gov

“Our country faces massive challenges, but getting solutions through the U.S. Senate is too often like walking through tar,” Sens. @merkley.senate.gov (D-Oregon) and Steve Daines (R-Montana) write.

“Senators on both sides of the aisle have had enough.” https://wapo.st/47aSxGn

@merkley.senate.govOct 8, 2026, 5:57 PM

Trying to get anything done in the Senate feels like wading through tar. Senator Steve Daines and I have a bipartisan proposal to get back to debating, negotiating, and actually passing bills.

@merkley.senate.govOct 7, 2026, 8:18 PM

This summer, I worked with colleagues across the aisle to send an ‘SOS’ call to Save Ocean Sensors—and we WON! These critical sensors are essential for managing our fisheries, forecasting weather, and understanding climate change, and we saved them!

@merkley.senate.govOct 7, 2026, 5:17 PM

Pure corruption.

@merkley.senate.govOct 6, 2026, 8:53 PM

So, I’m sounding the alarm about this, because promises that the Saudi nuclear program will be purely for civilian use are bogus. I will fight like hell to make sure we don’t sleepwalk into a dangerous deal.

@merkley.senate.govOct 6, 2026, 8:53 PM

And if the door is open to Saudi Arabia enriching uranium, other countries—including Iran—will never agree to accept restrictions on enrichment. This is a path to a nuclear warhead arms race, endangering the whole world’s security.

@merkley.senate.govOct 6, 2026, 8:53 PM

And to put this into further context, Trump and Republicans railed against Obama’s 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which capped enrichment at 3.67% for 15 years. Want to know how much the Trump Administration deal with Saudi Arabia opens the door to? 20%!!!

@merkley.senate.govOct 6, 2026, 8:53 PM

What’s the Trump Admin. saying about this? That we should trust the Saudi government. HELL NO. If Saudi Arabia were serious about giving up its goal of building a nuclear bomb, it would agree to comprehensive inspections and give up domestic enrichment and reprocessing power.

@merkley.senate.govOct 6, 2026, 8:53 PM

In July, Trump announced a deal that creates a path to enriching uranium in Saudi Arabia—a deal that raises a real possibility of Saudi Arabia using that enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb.

@merkley.senate.govOct 6, 2026, 8:53 PM

We’re about to sleepwalk into a gravely dangerous nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, and not enough people are talking about this. Here’s what’s happening (thread)

@merkley.senate.govOct 4, 2026, 7:23 PM

Egypt's raids and arrests of journalists at Matsadaash are an attack on independent investigative journalism. This clear disregard for press freedom is completely unacceptable, and these journalists must be released immediately.

@merkley.senate.govOct 3, 2026, 8:57 PM

We need to pass my Children’s Safe Welcome Act and put an end to the Trump Administration’s cruelty.

@merkley.senate.govOct 2, 2026, 11:37 PM

I’m celebrating Manufacturing Day at Looptworks, learning about their revolutionary process for turning textile waste into new fiber! Making things in America—and here in Oregon—is crucial to building the middle class and our Made in Oregon economy.

Senator Merkley at Looptworks. Senator Merkley at Looptworks. Senator Merkley at Looptworks. Senator Merkley at Looptworks.
@merkley.senate.govOct 2, 2026, 8:54 PM

We can’t sleepwalk into a U.S.-Saudi Arabia nuclear deal that would hand Saudi Arabia the tools to build a nuclear bomb. No way.

@merkley.senate.govOct 2, 2026, 8:00 PM

We need to hit the brakes on billionaire corporations spying on you every time you start your car. I introduced the Car Privacy Rights Act to protect consumers from the automakers collecting and selling your private data!

@merkley.senate.govOct 2, 2026, 2:43 PM

Trump’s arch is a monumental mistake, and I’ll fight like hell to block it.

@merkley.senate.govOct 1, 2026, 12:22 AM

REPUBLICANS blocked my bill to ban congressional stock trading. Unacceptable—you should feel confident that public officials are making decisions in the publicinterest, not to pad their stock portfolios.

@merkley.senate.govSep 30, 2026, 11:16 PM

Republicans BLOCKED my bill to stop Trump’s pocket recissions—illegal line item vetoes. Just shameful.

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