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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 22, 2020

And I would invite my colleague to stay if he would like to and yield to him if he wants to jump into the conversation.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 22, 2020

Mr. President, in a moment, I will again ask for this important issue of deployment of secret police to be debated and voted on, on this floor. That is what the U.S. Senate is for, to address the issues facing Americans, but I didn't want…

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Suzanne Bonamici
@suzannebonamici· Democratic · OR· Jul 22, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today with a heavy heart to honor the life of Representative John Lewis, whose passing is a tremendous loss for Congress and for the entire country. I will always remember walking across the…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Jul 22, 2020

It was sad to hear my colleague with his recent comments. Let me tell you what it is like on the ground in Portland. This is a serious problem in Oregon where people are attempting to peacefully demonstrate their opposition to a whole…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

Madam President, I am proud to talk about the National Defense Authorization Act, which has come to this body with a strong bipartisan vote from the Armed Services Committee where I serve. I am proud to have helped to craft this…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

I fear that people don't really appreciate what is going on in my hometown of Portland, Oregon, with the Federal interference, so let's put a face on it. Christopher J. David, a 53-year-old Navy veteran, graduate of the Naval Academy…

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

I come to the floor today with a heavy heart. I see Donald Trump's administration declaring war on my hometown of Portland, Oregon. After failing the American people in the coronavirus, in the face of 6 months of not just weak leadership…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

Madam President, I thank my colleague this afternoon because he speaks today with passion and facts and clearly outlines what our constituents told us at home this past week, and I thank him for this partnership that Oregonians are seeing…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Additional Cosponsors--Amendment No. 2457

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Senators Rosen and Hassan be added as cosponsors to S. 4220, the Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America's Streets Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

My apologies to my colleague from Wyoming. I think we are not in quorum call. The PRESIDING OFFICER. You are not. Additional Cosponsors--S. 4220

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Senators Rosen and Hassan be added as cosponsors to Senate amendment No. 2457, to reform Department of Defense to limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and to S…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

I will not yield until I am done. That was one of his arguments; that it circumvents process. The second is, he said it takes equipment away and training away, and yet my bill doesn't deal with equipment or training. So, clearly, that…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

I say to my colleague from Oklahoma, that if these secret police were released on the streets of Tulsa, you would be down here defending your constituents, but you have a responsibility to defend all constituents across the country, the…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

On behalf of two Oregon Senators and my colleague from Connecticut and the 34 other Senators who are standing up for democracy, rights, and against secret police, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 2457, an amendment to limit…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jul 21, 2020

The support is felt strongly throughout Oregon to stop the secret police in America, but it is a coast-to-coast feeling, and I yield to my colleague from Connecticut to speak for the other side of the country. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

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