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Jeff Alan Merkley is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Oregon since January 6, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley has focused on issues such as healthcare, climate change, and economic inequality throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for progressive policies and has worked to address the challenges facing working families in Oregon and across the nation. Merkley is known for his commitment to transparency and accountability in government, often speaking out against perceived injustices and advocating for reforms.
From a common citizen's point of view, when they look at the fate of Long-Term Capital Management, MF Global, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and a host of institutions that survived only because we bailed them out, I think the case…
Does anyone on this panel think that Bruno Iksil, the 'London Whale,' woke up each day trying to mitigate the risk?
Most of our campaigns for the Senate involve millions of dollars--some are $2 million, some are $20 million, some more. There are super PACs that have that much money and can bring that much money to bear in a single race. Did the Supreme…
So the Supreme Court envisioned this steel wall, this high, impenetrable wall between an independent campaign and the candidate's campaign, and thereby saw fit to unleash unlimited money on one side of the wall while saying the other side…
So Citizens United goes right against the very heart of our Constitution. How is it possible that the Supreme Court found, in this 5-to-4 decision, that this has no corrupting impact on our electoral process?
So I think if any three words would summarize the heart of our Constitution, it would be those three words. It would be ``we the people.'' Yet we have a Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, that essentially unleashes a flood of special…
I was very engaged by the comments Senator Whitehouse was making a short time ago. I was very struck, as I have been all along, by the substantial challenge posed by Citizens United. My colleague was speaking to the impact on our…
The family home has been such a pathway to the middle class for families across America.
I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle continuing to wrestle with this issue of mortgages.
Our legislation does not prevent data collection. It simply does not require it.
After the group of 10 Senators, bipartisan delegation, went to China last year, it gave me a more comprehensive picture of the tilted playing field.
You need to identify the specific assets, and you need to identify the specific risk that you are hedging.
I do not know that any of us have ever walked in the shoes of trying to raise a child with medical difficulties earning a modest amount.
There is a growing movement of what is essentially on-demand scheduling, which is extremely difficult for working families.
Yes, and in some ways that is what this conversation is about because how do you define 'best value?'
I suspect that the firm providing the services at the Statue of Liberty is submitting a contract proposal, often the low-cost proposal is chosen.
Well, thank you. I know when implementation occurred in Oregon with our State law, it was amazing how well the employers adopted it.
Should they hold their deadline solid and get those rules implemented in July?
Thank you very much again for your testimony. I join you in considering this as something we should be working on day and night until we can put it in place for the families and for our economy.
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