More than 11,000 nurses endorse Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate
More than 11,000 registered nurses today endorsed Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley in his bid for the U.S. Senate. The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) is a professional association and labor union and serves as a leading voice for making quality affordable health care available for all people. In December more than 145,000 hardworking people in the AFL-CIO endorsed Merkley’s campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Mary Sorteberg, Jeff’s wife of more than 15 years, is a registered nurse at a Portland medical center specializing in pre and post operative care for surgical patients. In a video released today, Mary talks about why Jeff will make health care affordable and available to everyone. Watch the video.
Health Care for All
As one of his first acts as Oregon’s next U.S. Senator, Jeff Merkley will sign on as a co-sponsor of Oregon Senator Ron Wyden’s health care bill, the Healthy Americans Act. The Healthy Americans Act would guarantee every American universal, affordable, comprehensive, portable, high-quality health coverage that is as good or better than Members of Congress have today.
Solve the Nursing Shortage
Jeff has proposed establishing a National Nurse Service Corps, providing educational scholarships to nurses that commit to serve in a health facility determined to have a critical shortage of nurses. Jeff has long supported the Capps Nurse Reinvestment Act, which would establish a similar program in Oregon.
Make Prescription Drugs Affordable
Jeff will help lead efforts to require the federal government to negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical companies.
Senator Gordon Smith has sided with the big drug companies and opposed attempts to make prescription drugs more affordable. For his work on behalf of special interests, Senator Smith has received over $250,000 in campaign contributions from big drug companies.
Jeff Merkley was born in the small town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, the son of a sawmill worker. He's fought hard for working families in Oregon and he's ready to help lead America.
As Oregon's Speaker of the House, Jeff Merkley led one of the most effective, efficient and progressive legislative sessions in Oregon's history - with big achievements for schools, ethics, health care, jobs, alternative energy, and protections for working families.
Discover why Jeff Merkley is ready to lead.
For years, Gordon Smith has given rich corporations and well-connected lobbyists in DC the upper hand - costing too many working families their jobs.
Jeff Merkley knows first-hand it's time to crack down on big corporations outsourcing American jobs and create economic opportunity for every Oregon worker right here at home.
Dive into the issues - and learn where Jeff Merkley will lead America.
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