Sen. Jeff Merkley

From a verified voter in Portland, OR

Regulate AI Before Self-Replicating Worms Spread Beyond Control

Investigate and pass emergency guardrails on AI development before self-replicating AI worms become an uncontrollable threat. Anthropic's own researchers warned this week that autonomous AI malware capable of spreading through smart home devices, security cameras, and video-conferencing units could

From a constituent in Portland, OR

No More Surge Pricing on Essentials

I urge you to support legislation banning large grocery retailers from using consumers’ personal data to set individualized prices. Grocery corporations should not be allowed to exploit private data to squeeze more money out of people buying necessities. Families are already struggling with the cos

From a constituent in Portland, OR

Please stand up for (and with) Ilhan Omar. Trump's weaponizing DHS/DOJ against sitting members of Congress must not stand.

From a constituent in Portland, OR

STOP funding for the unethical and harmful hep B vaccine trail in Guinea-Bissau.

Please find a way to halt our government funding an unethical trial being pushed by RFK jr. The hep B vaccine trial was given the go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau. It would withhold a potentially life saving vaccine to test its hypothesis. This trial puts thousands of children at risk and I am concerned th

From a constituent in Gaston, OR

I am writing as your constituent to urge you to support legislation that permanently ends the biannual practice of changing our clocks. The rationale for Daylight Saving Time is outdated, and the disruption it causes twice a year carries measurable costs. Studies consistently demonstrate that the tr

From a constituent in Seaside, OR

Trump has officially sided with Russia. STOP HIM!

Trump has officially sided with Russia against Ukraine. He is blaming the cost of diesel fuel on Ukraine, and blaming Ukraine for prolonging the war. He is turning our ally into our enemy, and our enemy into our ally. Stop him!

From a verified voter in Lebanon, OR

The death penalty is immortal to start with, firing squad is archaic, but public viewing of a death is nothing more than an illegal snuff film. People go to prison for this crime!!!

From a constituent in Seaside, OR

Impeach Hegseth

Impeach Hegseth! Livestream an execution? What is our nation becoming under these madmen? Make this insanity stop!

From a constituent in Lake Oswego, OR

Intervene Against Pentagon Proposal to Livestream Military Execution

I am writing to you today as a constituent to express my deep disgust and alarm regarding the Defense Department’s proposal to publicly livestream the upcoming military execution of Nidal Hasan. Regardless of the horrific nature of Hasan’s crimes at Fort Hood, turning a state execution into a broadc

From a constituent in Union, OR

I am outraged by the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the December 3 execution of Nidal Hasan. Making an execution public would put us in the company of countries like Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea. It’s morally repugnant. Children could see it. Congress needs to do anything and everything it can

From a verified voter in Salem, OR

Impeach Hegseth, NEUTER ICE.

From a constituent in Portland, OR

Oppose the Public Livestreaming of Executions

The idea of livestreaming an execution for public consumption is appalling. Turning the state-sanctioned killing of a human being into a public spectacle is the kind of behavior we associate with ISIS propaganda, not a modern democratic society that claims to value human dignity and the rule of law.

From a constituent in Portland, OR

Trump encourages a terrorist attack by Iran on LA and SD. This is TREASON!

Trump committed treason, AGAIN, and in the most horrific way. He needs to be removed from office for encouraging a terrorist attack by a foreign country of which we are engaged in war with. The level of desensitization to this is absurd. He needs to be removed. Congress needs to act. Call on UNPOL t

From a constituent in Union, OR

Please sign on to the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act from Senator Sanders and Rep. Casar. We need to pause advanced AI until it’s safe, before it costs people their jobs, raises our bills, or gets even more out of control. This is really important to me. Thanks.

From a constituent in Portland, OR

Coordinated interstate compacts to enact progressive values now!

I am wanting to see a lot more progressive action from our democratic leaders. I'd like to see interstate alliances to enhance climate protection goals, universal healthcare goals and women's healthcare, lgbtq progressive agendas made. Interstate compacts could help amplify our power where democrati

From a constituent in Portland, OR

Legislative proposal: Protecting workers from uncompensated device mandates

I am writing to you today as your constituent to urge your attention and legislative action on a growing trend of corporate overreach: the mandatory use of personal mobile devices for workplace security and operations without financial compensation. Increasingly, employers are requiring staff to dow

From a constituent in Eugene, OR

I don’t want my tax dollars spent on Trump advertising. How is it possible that this kind of advertising is legal?

From a verified voter in North Bend, OR

Protect public lands

Hello, please do everything in your power to protect our public lands. Bears Ears National Monument and others are in great peril. Trump and other GOP leaders are using Bears Ears to test the antiquities act and see if they can indeed gut our public lands. These lands belong to the people of the Uni

From a constituent in Sheridan, OR

Stop Taxpayer-Funded Political Ads Disguised as PSAs

I'm writing to urge you to act against the White House's use of taxpayer money to air political advertisements it calls "public service announcements." The latest spot, "Final Battle," is nearly identical to a 2024 Trump campaign ad. The only real change is that the ending now reads "Paid for by th

From a verified voter in Tualatin, OR

Greetings and appreciation for your continued good work! I’m writing to oppose proposed regulatory changes to Head Start that undermines access to educational support and health screenings, especially impacting children with disabilities and rural communities. Head Start fosters stable home environm

From a constituent in Union, OR

‘Tackling affordability’ as a democratic platform if the democrats win a majority in the midterms is not enough!! We want accountability for the crimes committed by this administration, for the disregard of cultural and political norms, for the many harms, including murder, perpetrated on people gu

From a constituent in Portland, OR

Please block any transfer, exchange, or easement that gives Yosemite land to a private developer. Yosemite is public land. Please restore the Park Service staff this park actually needs.

From a constituent in Seaside, OR

ICE MUST BE STOPPED

ICE continues to ravage people. This dystopian agency must be stopped. I can’t believe my tax dollars are paying for this soul crushing cruelty and inhumanity.

From a constituent in Wilsonville, OR

Help Wilber Garces Perez - and stop ICE traffic stops

I’m outraged and sickened that another person has been shot by ICE. This madness needs to stop. This agency is completely out of control. Wilber Garces Perez was a DoorDash driver. He was trying to make a delivery when ICE agents rammed his car with theirs and shot him. It’s insane! First priority -

From a verified voter in Salem, OR

Please write a bill requiring that all ICE employee records are retained including a list of their arrests. Also we need detailed lists of those with green cards who had legal standing who were deported, all those picked up at court when they were complying with ICE but abducted anyway.

From a constituent in Sheridan, OR

Banning Reporters Isn't Leadership, It's Retaliation

I'm writing to urge you to speak out against the White House's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House grounds over their coverage. On September 19, Secret Service denied journalists from these outlets access and confiscated their press credentials at a West Wing security gate. T

From a constituent in Gresham, OR

Support the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act

As your Oregon constituent, I'm writing to urge your support for the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act, which you helped introduce alongside Senator Warren and Representatives Hoyle, Subramanyam, and Ocasio-Cortez. Over 80% of U.S. doctors now work for corporate entities—up from 62% in 201

From a verified voter in Portland, OR

Why is Trump still in the White House? He’s a criminal, he’s a documented paedophile and rapist, he’s breaking every law currently written and a few that haven’t been codified yet, and still he sits in office. We need and demand action, tangible action.

From a constituent in Portland, OR

Proposed Legislation: Mandatory FMLA Standards for Absent Members

Subject: Proposed Legislation: Mandatory FMLA Standards and Operational Continuity for Absent Members I am writing to urge you to draft and sponsor federal legislation establishing strict operational continuity rules and formal leave requirements for memb ers of Congress experiencing prolonged medic

From a verified voter in Portland, OR

call for AI ceos to Pause development. we need ai nonproliferation agreements!

call for AI CEOs to slow down the development of their advanced models until better regulation is established. The obvious parallel for this industry is looking at nuclear non-refer agreements and thinking about how the development of a technology that has a lot of benefits potentially, but also cou