Jeff Merkley actually said...

This bill will go a long way to helping to prevent that kind of problem.

But it seems much better to help people have strong financial lives so that they never have to resort to a safety net in the first place.

One bright spot for our State has been the Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network.

For the tribes in the Northwest and certainly in Oregon, economic development has long been tied to timber, fishing industry, and other natu...