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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 30, 2024

I mean, here you have 100 talented people coming together with all their experience in the world, and we just spend an incredibly, tediously slow nomination process instead of putting all those talents to work on legislation to make…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 30, 2024

This expanding tension in which warfare is conducted by the minority against the President...is just not serving our democracy well.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 30, 2024

The only way I see us pursuing these reforms is by that type of conversation.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 30, 2024

The challenge is a reflection of almost tribal-level warfare between the parties.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 30, 2024

The minority...has an incentive to slow things down, make it difficult, extract promises.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 30, 2024

Why do we never hear about this? If it was the reverse, and driving your electric car was five times more expensive than driving your fuel combustion car, you can bet every fossil fuel company in America would be publicizing that.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 30, 2024

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and certainly one of the reasons there is so much interest in my home state in electrics is because of what is happening right now. We have 121 fires burning in my state. Over one million acres have already burned…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 29, 2024

The minority...has an incentive to slow things down, make it difficult, extract promises.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 29, 2024

This expanding tension in which warfare is conducted by the minority against the President...is just not serving our democracy well.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 29, 2024

The challenge is a reflection of almost tribal-level warfare between the parties.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 29, 2024

Freedom House has now documented Chinese transnational repression in 36 countries, so it really is spreading in an effort to shape how they are viewed around the world.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 29, 2024

We have been really a voice in the world to identify, promote the vision of fundamental human rights.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· Jul 22, 2024

When things are tough, accessing credit pain, your families are counting on you, and that pressure on your shoulders is hard.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· Jul 22, 2024

It is not just ag real estate, it is residential mortgages in rural communities of 2,500 or less, and that would help reduce the interest cost and allow a lot more people to qualify for mortgages.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· Jul 22, 2024

The farm bill is so important for this year because it brings certainty not only to the farmer, but brings certainty to the financing side, and it needs to be passed.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· Jul 22, 2024

So, to follow up on that 'minimum level,' is technology replacing the contract guards?

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· Jul 22, 2024

In addition to the letter that Chairman Perry led to the GSA and FPS, my other bill that passed the House echoes the letter's concern and aims to address them.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
@lorichavezderemer· Republican · OR· Jul 22, 2024

With the new post-pandemic world we are now living in, it is time we review why taxpayers are paying for empty Federal office spaces, especially when, under this administration, there is now a work-from-home preference.

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