I absolutely think the public has a strong interest.

I feel very strongly that sources and methods have got to be secret and that has got to be a sacrosanct principle in the Intelligence Community.

I think the laws have got to be public, and that means basically someone ought to be able to sit in a coffee shop somewhere and read a public law because that's what our system depends on.

it's hugely irresponsible for us to just say we can try to fix the insurance market, and fail to address the underlying causes

I just held a group of town halls, nine town halls in Eastern Oregon, and the town hall for town hall, people came forward to say hey, I came to say I got a problem.

This isn't how legislation should be written, and it adds to distrust.

Is it responsible for Congress to say we're going to ignore the enormous damage that climate change is doing across our country through fires, through smoke, through ice storms, through flash floods, through hurricanes, and we'll just…

I think in a democracy it's important that our laws be transparent and public to the maximum extent possible.

current FISA law prohibits the Intelligence Community from collecting GPS information on Americans overseas without a warrant.

Had I been present for the vote today on Roll Call No. 227, Ogles Amendment No. 1, I would have voted ``no.'' Had I been present for the vote on Roll Call No. 228, Mooney Amendment No. 2, I would have voted ``no.'' Had I been present for…

Culture drives everything, and the world is now being directly influenced by the culture of hatred on American campuses.

You are leaders of culture. At this present moment you have abandoned that role.

Anything less than a suspension in my opinion is insufficient.

reserving the right to object, I share our colleague's view that the southern border is serious business. I strongly favor smart, effective policies to deal with it. The reason I can't support what he has proposed is that defunding…

just very briefly, having participated in these debates--this specific discussion now, on several occasions-- again, my friend and I just have a difference of opinion. Senator Cornyn and Senator Padilla have repeatedly talked about this…

Had I been present for the vote today on Roll Call No. 221, Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 1243, I would have voted NAY. Had I been present for the vote on Roll Call No. 222, H. Res. 1243, I would have voted ``no.'' Had I been…

Senator Merkley has been a champion of this effort in central Oregon, and I'm grateful that he's leading a bipartisan effort...

Senator Merkley has been a champion of this effort in central Oregon, and I'm grateful that he's leading a bipartisan effort...