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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 18, 2024

I ask unanimous consent to grant floor privileges to my interns for the following days--these are the days that they are having their shadow day where they accompany me around the Capitol--Mimi Papathanasopoulos on June 18, 2024; Liliana…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jun 17, 2024

I come to the floor today to state my strong support for Judge Mustafa Kasubhai's nomination to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. There are a number of reasons why I believe Judge Kasubhai's nomination is…

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Val Hoyle
@valhoyle· Democratic · OR· Jun 14, 2024

On June 16, the Northwest Youth Corps will celebrate its 40th anniversary. This program, which is headquartered in my district, is the largest Youth Conservation Corps program in the Northwest. For over four decades, it has given over…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jun 13, 2024

I rise and want to thank my colleague from Washington State who has been leading on these issues for years and years and my friend from Illinois. And what I am going to do just briefly, my colleagues have been so eloquent, is talk about…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 13, 2024

the Right to IVF Act is simple. It says that all Americans should have access to the tools that they need to start a family, no matter where they live or how much they earn or whether they serve in the military. That all sounds obvious. We…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

It's estimated that, by the end of this decade, the hedge funds will own some 40 percent of the single-family rental houses in America.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

Is there any logic to saying that we should keep homeownership, single-family homeownership, on the plate of middle class Americans?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

the extension of the kinds of policies that President Trump enacted would, I believe, be not only bad for the typical American, but be bad for our overall economy.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

this last weekend, I held six townhalls in six rural counties, and in townhall after townhall, people asked me: What happened to the Supreme Court? How did it become so corrupt? Why hasn't the Chief Justice reined it in? Well, these six…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

My father, the mechanic, would ask the question, why is it that working people who earn their income by the sweat of their brow pay a higher marginal rate than do millionaires getting a return on their already existing investments?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

Hedge funds want to take that off the plate of middle-class Americans and put it on their plate.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

I want to know, to what degree, Mr. Stiglitz, would retaining some of the cuts for the wealthiest individuals and the corporations from the previous Trump tax cuts, or increasing those cuts, how would that benefit ordinary Americans?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

People are watching the dream of homeownership disappear before their eyes, for their children.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

Hedge funds want to take that off the plate of middle-class Americans and put it on their plate.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

People are watching the dream of homeownership disappear before their eyes, for their children.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

It's estimated that, by the end of this decade, the hedge funds will own some 40 percent of the single-family rental houses in America.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

My father, the mechanic, would ask the question, why is it that working people who earn their income by the sweat of their brow pay a higher marginal rate than do millionaires getting a return on their already existing investments?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jun 12, 2024

I want to know, to what degree, Mr. Stiglitz, would retaining some of the cuts for the wealthiest individuals and the corporations from the previous Trump tax cuts, or increasing those cuts, how would that benefit ordinary Americans?

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