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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up at the Rafah Border Crossing, Egypt, on the way to Gaza, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. A cumbersome process of Israeli inspections and other hurdles is slowing the entry of aid into Gaza, two U.S. senators say after a visit to Egypt's Rafah crossing into to besieged territory. Hundreds of trucks are lined up at Rafah, sometimes waiting weeks to go through the process. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Cumbersome process and ‘arbitrary’ Israeli inspections slow aid delivery into Gaza, US senators say

By Lee Keath - Associated Press

Sen, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference on the debt limit, Thursday, May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Sen. Jeff Merkley joins call for cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Plastic bottles and plastic waste illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

How we can come together to recycle more plastic every day

By Matt Seaholm

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., leaves at the end of the day of second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Progressive Democrats propose banning legacy admissions at universities

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to Japan nominee Rahm Emanuel speaks during a hearing to examine his nomination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Two Senate Dems oppose Biden’s nomination of Rahm Emanuel for U.S. ambassador

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 21, 2015, photo, a man takes a picture of a woman at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. The idea that porn stars might have to wear protection in productions filmed in Nevada generated a buzz among some of the 25,000 attendees collecting autographs from porn stars posing in fishnet stockings and bustiers. (AP Photo/John Locher) **FILE**

Former porn stars recall industry abuses, struggles

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, before the start of the third day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Merkley: GOP senators face issues in Trump verdict

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2018 file photo Sen Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., poses for a photo in his office in Portland, Ore. Merkley faces Republican Jo Rae Perkins in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Andrew Selskey,File)

Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley wins US Senate reelection

By SARA CLINE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley accuses Donald Trump of fueling chaos in Portland

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, from right, from Oregon, speaks to the media along with U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, center, D-Md., U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector's Centralized Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Jeff Merkley: Child separation is still happening

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, from right, from Oregon, speaks to the media along with U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, center, D-Md., U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector's Centralized Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. A book by Sen. Merkley on the treatment of refugees at the Texas border is coming next month. The publisher is calling “America Is Better Than This” a “cry of outrage.” Merkley made headlines when he traveled to Texas in 2018 and streamed his efforts to gain entry to a migrant facility. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Jeff Merkley book on refugees to be published in August

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In this April 12, 2018 photo, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., questions Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A lawsuit filed by Merkley aiming to compel the Trump administration to release 100,000 pages of documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is inching forward in federal court, with an Obama nominee assigned to hear it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Jeff Merkley, 2016 Bernie Sanders supporter, withholds 2020 endorsement

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley proposes wilderness protections

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FILE - In this Feb.19, 2019 file photo, children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said Monday, March 11, 2019 that he toured the Florida facility and found children are being held there for too long in a restrictive environment. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Senator tours Florida teen detention camp he wants shut down

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press

In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Jeff Merkley ends flirtation with presidential run

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Jeff Merkley, Oregon senator, won’t join 2020 presidential field

By Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2019, photo, Michael Bloomberg speaks to workers during a tour of the WH Bagshaw Company, a pin and precision component manufacturer, in Nashua, N.H. Bloomberg is not running for president. The 77-year-old former New York City mayor, one of the richest men of the world, announced his decision not to join the crowded Democratic field in a Bloomberg News editorial on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton lead 2020 Democrats passing on Trump challenge

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 photo provided by Zoe Selsky, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley holds a town hall at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore. On a day when another U.S. senator formally entered the 2020 presidential race, Merkley, who's also pondering a run, seemed content to just be a senator by holding a town hall back in his home state of Oregon. (Zoe Selsky via AP)

Merkley focuses on Oregon, postpones decision on 2020 bid

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Democratic senator asks FBI to investigate DHS secretary

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Senators ask FDA to update rules on certain pot products

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press