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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

Your analysis concludes that the Trump and Bush tax cuts have together been the largest driver of increasing debt ratio.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

We have China engaged in slave labor with the kind of a million Uyghurs; we have them taking away the Tibetan children to boarding schools when they are just 5 or 6 years old.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

You've got four members of the Senate Finance Committee, two Democrats, two Republicans. And historically, the Finance Committee has worked in a bipartisan way.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

We need to pivot to renewables quickly, and should be expediting the thing that make that possible.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

Our Credit Suisse investigation was about tax evasion and you had Credit Suisse, even after they got busted in 2014, do the same thing.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

So in 1974, when the Budget Control Act was done, it has 100 percent of the senators vote for it and that was because it created a filibuster-free pathway for one purpose, deficit reduction; am I correct?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

Let me just say, factually, scientifically, you are wrong. That we have already issued extraction permits for a vast amount of additional fossils.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

I just wish it did not take 2 days to get a Congressional Delegation halfway around the world to start those meetings.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

Well, that is horrific. Because we are in a situation; my State is burning up from climate change.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

I just wish it did not take 2 days to get a Congressional Delegation halfway around the world to start those meetings.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

I rise today to honor a departing member of my team. This is the first time in 7 years that I am delivering a farewell speech regarding one of my team members that wasn't written by my speechwriter, Mike McKiernan, because Mike is the…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· May 16, 2023

I have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· May 15, 2023

In Oregon, high schools are no longer required to demonstrate that each of their kids are graduating with the ability to read and write at their grade level.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· May 15, 2023

We have created a condition where teachers feel guilty talking about salary. That is unacceptable.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· May 15, 2023

Should parents have the ability to provide with direct feedback about what they are teaching?

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· May 15, 2023

If a child has being bullied or has a drastic change in behavior, should teachers be transparent with parents about what they are observing at school?

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