“I’m not personalizing it. I’m just pointing out somebody’s record.”
“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”
“There is nothing that ICE says that you should believe, and anything they say you should doubt immediately.”
“America’s energy producers take hit after hit from climate extremists who target them with excessive lawsuits.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”

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On the recordJuly 11, 2013
I ask unanimous consent to speak for an additional 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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