Hallelujah! Equal justice under the law just took an enormous stride forward in the Senate chamber!!! The Epstein Files Transparency Act that @lujan.senate.gov and I introduced PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

Ranking Member @peters.senate.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, and @merkley.senate.gov are leading the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding @LeaderJohnThune IMMEDIATELY let the Senate vote to release the Epstein files.

I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike. When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.

The American public has been crystal clear: they want the Epstein files released. We need justice and accountability for Epstein’s victims and transparency for the American people. NOW.

Political party and net worth don’t matter—there should be no protecting ANY of the powerful and privileged from facing accountability for abuse and misbehavior. There’s only one right answer on the Epstein Files: transparency for the public and justice for the victims.

Really starting to make sense why Mike Johnson and Republicans skipped work for 40+ days

NEW: Trump's Department of Defense vanity project could cost taxpayers up to $2 BILLION. The Administration is once again prioritizing political theater over driving down costs and delivering real results for the American people. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

A principled stand in support of the rule of law. I encourage folks to read Mark Wolf’s words to better understand exactly what’s at stake as Trump tries to bend the courts to his will.

Solidarity with Starbucks workers! Starbucks makes BILLIONS every year. The very least the company owes its workers is good faith negotiations for a fair contract and to END their illegal union-busting. Everyone should be able to organize at work!

Release. The. Epstein. Files.

Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov is right—Trump’s authoritarian “Pocket Rescissions” defy the constitution and hurt our communities.

Rule 10 of the Authoritarian Playbook is to rig elections. And Trump just pardoned people who were CHARGED WITH CRIMES to overturn the 2020 election for Trump!   Corruption on full display!   We must push back to Save our Republic!

The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans. I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.

The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans. I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being. www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...

Trumpsters would rather go door-to-door snatching food out of the mouths of our children, then do the right thing and fund SNAP fully for all of our most vulnerable families across the nation.

We’re in the longest shutdown in American history—all because Republicans are focused on making sure the cost of YOUR health care goes WAY up.

Check this out! Even as Trump seeks to starve our most vulnerable citizens, including millions of children, he is giving billions more to the rich and powerful by gutting the corporate minimum tax. Once more, families lose, billionaires win. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

Great win for Oregon! Judge Immergut reaffirmed that troops do not belong on Portland streets. This is a victory for rule of law and peace in Oregon!

Republicans are EXPLODING the cost of health care for families in Oregon and around the country.

If you’re seeing higher prices everywhere from the grocery store to your utility bill, you can thank Trump and Republicans. Democrats are fighting to lower costs for families. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

HUGE NEWS! Because of Democratic pressure, Oregon SNAP recipients are reporting their cards have the FULL November benefits!   Everyone who called out Trump for using hungry children and seniors as a bargaining chip has WON with tremendous results!!

Kids, seniors, and vulnerable families aren't bargaining chips. Glad to see the court making clear that Trump needs to stop weaponizing food against Americans and release full SNAP benefits!

Fighting back against authoritarianism, making friends with frogs, bonding over trinkets and very sweet log cabin beams...that's right, it's @merkley.senate.gov on Text Me Back! Give it a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Republicans shut down the government to take health care away from YOU and YOUR family.

We’re going to the Supreme Court this week! Oregon is leading the multistate lawsuit challenging the president’s illegal tariffs. We’ll be presenting our case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in DC on Wednesday.

No, throwing a Great Gatsby-themed party at his gold-plated club while 42 million Americans lose their SNAP benefits isn’t President Trump’s "obligation," Speaker Johnson. It’s just careless.

Sen. @merkley.senate.gov reflects on last night’s Democratic victories—and how they stand in stark contrast to Trump’s growing authoritarian streak and attacks on struggling families. Watch the full interview on Substack. contrarian.substack.com/p/lets-ring-...

We’re in the longest government shutdown in American history because Republicans raised the cost of YOUR health care and are refusing to work with Democrats to fix it.

The Trump family crypto grift and the Binance pardon boil down to one thing: CORRUPTION. Trump is profiting off the presidency every day, while leaving Americans out in the cold.

Trump is ending clean energy and opening pristine wilderness to drilling. He's killing the planet and raising prices for YOUR family to line the pockets of fossil fuel oligarchs. Climate chaos is the challenge of our time. If we don't move swiftly to renewables, we're cooked.

I went to the Senate floor to demand Trump release all of the SNAP benefits he’s cruelly withholding. Republicans blocked me.

Health care costs are skyrocketing for 20 million Americans. House Republicans can’t even be bothered to come to work. Republicans need to come to the negotiating table and help fix the health care crisis THEY CREATED.

Reminder: Trump isn't choosing to fund SNAP—Democrats sued the Trump Administration to force him to fund SNAP so families wouldn't go hungry.   And Trump is still refusing to fund half of the program, continuing to use children and vulnerable families as bargaining chips.

Trump could end his government shutdown, fully fund SNAP, and prevent the drastic increase in health insurance costs for millions of Americans right NOW if he would just prioritize families over billionaires.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, under the direction of Dr. Oz, launched a database with incomplete and erroneous provider information, leaving Medicare beneficiaries in the lurch.

Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov is demanding answers and calling for changes.

Ring the alarms bells! 🔔🔔🔔

In Oregon, over 750,000 people depend on SNAP benefits—210,000 of them are children. Trump is using food as a weapon against vulnerable families. I went to the Senate floor to demand full SNAP benefits be released. Republicans blocked me.

Trump is hell-bent on carrying out unconstitutional and unlawful strikes on Venezuela that are dangerously escalating tensions. Maduro is a brutal dictator, but that does not give Trump a blank check to pursue regime change.

Trump’s authoritarianism is here NOW, and I will keep ringing the alarm bells and fighting back! We cannot allow it to become entrenched. 🔔🔔🔔

🚨 ICE is abusing furloughs to basically end all Congressional and public oversight of their actions. No oversight as Trump tightens his authoritarian grip and harms our communities. We can’t be silent—I’m ringing the alarm bells and fighting back!

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween! 🎃

Trump is defying the law and every moral code, using food as a weapon to harm vulnerable families, including children and seniors, across the country who count on SNAP. No other President would hurt American families in this way. Unbelievably wrong on every level.

This is a huge blow for independent reporting on China—Radio Free Asia is a vital news source. Xi must be celebrating Trump’s America abandoning its commitment to press freedom around the world. Just another way Trump is bending to China. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I’m ringing the alarm bells on Trump’s crypto corruption!! We need to pass my End Crypto Corruption Act to stop any elected official from setting up crypto scams.

Not only is the National Guard not wanted or needed in Portland—Trump’s troop deployments to cities across the country are also wasting MILLIONS of dollars. I’m demanding answers about how much taxpayer money Trump is wasting to tighten his authoritarian grip.

The Republican war on child nutrition continues. They cut $186 BILLION from SNAP in the Big, Beautiful, Betrayal. Now, Trump is withholding SNAP funding, even though USDA’s OWN GUIDANCE (which they’ve now deleted) said they have funding!

Republicans are taking away health care from 15 million Americans. They are doubling premiums for 20 million. Now, they are illegally withholding emergency SNAP funding that keeps millions of children from going hungry. All so they can give $1 trillion in tax breaks to the 1%.

The salmon have returned!! Just fantastic!!

Across the country, folks are facing skyrocketing prices everywhere from the doctor’s office to the grocery store.   Meanwhile, Trump and his family are raking in cash.   They’re grifting off the presidency while Americans suffer. It’s just wrong.

Trump is sending Argentina a $20 billion – possibly $40 billion! – bailout while ripping health care away from millions of Americans. He will NEVER put you and your family first.