Jeff Merkley

I think we do need much better disclosure.

Many young workers find themselves with yet another growing impediment in the form of ballooning student loans.

This is not just an issue for the individual person, but it is an issue for our national economy.

Point taken. Let me turn to the auto-enrollment.

It is my impression that a significant number of fees are taken off the top before the returns are distributed.

That is roughly $400 per month.

I strongly agree that we can do more to strengthen this program.

Hard-working Americans will not have to live in fear of their old age.

When you use auto-enrollment and auto-escalation, we find it to be the great equalizer.

Washington's actions, particularly concerning Social Security, will have an increasingly profound effect on whether our dream of a secure retirement matches the reality.

Social Security provides, on average, about 40 percent of income for seniors and disabled Americans.

S. 1771 marks the end of over 30 years of fighting over the unallocated water behind Bowman Dam.

I am writing to express our strong support for S. 1771, Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act

I'd like to thank Subcommittee Chairman Schatz, and Ranking Member Lee, as well as other members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to give remarks today on a bill both Senator Wyden and I have worked hard on for several years now.

The bill will also allow for retrofitting the Bowman Dam to generate hydroelectric power, which will create jobs as well as clean power for the region.

I'm a proud co-sponsor of that bill.

The bill strikes a balance between providing certainty to the agricultural community... but also to release water to maintain healthy runs of steelhead salmon.

Trout Unlimited supports S. 1771--a bill designed to improve water management at Bowman Dam.

This bill strikes a compromise across a broad range of stakeholders in the region, and enjoys the support of the local irrigation districts, fishing groups, conservation groups, Crook County, the Warm Springs Tribe, the City of Prineville…

The bill will create economic opportunity in the region by providing the City of Prineville with greater access to groundwater, which will meet their growing municipal water needs.

This issue of managing the water has been going on for decades, 4 decades, 40 years.

I would like to particularly thank Senator Wyden for dedicating so much of his time and effort to negotiating a historic agreement that has garnered such broad support in Oregon.

This is another chapter and a new opportunity to change this story of fundamental just and fairness.

Should the Federal Reserve be using these powers in reaction to this type of criminal behavior?

We cannot even get more than 1 percent of the names of folks, and yet it is up to our regulatory agencies to decide whether and how a bank participates in the U.S. economy.