Jeff Merkley

In addition to the oil being pushed inland, there has been some discussion of the fact that a major storm could pick up some of the oil and re-dump it inland.

Oregon set in motion an experiment in the 1970s where we put an urban growth boundary around each of our urban settings.

This is not all right for Wall Street, and it certainly isn't all right for oil drilling.

We have come together, all six of us, and proposed not a moratorium but a permanent ban on drilling off the Pacific Coast.

Is it OK to drill 70 miles off the Oregon coast? The answer is no.

I would greatly appreciate the unanimous consent to modify my amendment. There should be no party line when it comes to addressing a federally declared disaster.

Should we also be talking about investment in parents, more investment in parent education?

The gentleman is correct that we would expect the Federal Reserve Board, and, in time, the bureau, to exempt any mortgage insurance premiums that are required to be paid after closing that might otherwise be covered, consistent with the…

The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that consumers are sold loans that they are able to repay. The authority granted to the agency to prescribe rules establishing other criteria--and to ``revise, add to, or subtract from'' the…

I think it would be useful if the citizens of our Nation were to know who was objecting and that the names be read into the Record. I think the citizens have a right to know where their Senators stand on this issue. It is an ideal time to…

Today, we have two amendments that address integrity in retail mortgage origination. I am certainly encouraging you to place your vote squarely for the Merkley-Klobuchar amendment. This amendment is critical to end no-document liar…

I will be very interested in understanding the types of rigorous examination and testing of blowout preventers.

My friend and colleague is absolutely correct; that, indeed, my colleagues across the aisle, the Republicans, voted three times to say they did not want to proceed to the bill, where their ideas would bear public scrutiny. Instead, they…

My colleague is absolutely right. Because predatory mortgage practices were at the heart of this crisis that led to securities that blew up the economy and led to the loss of millions of jobs around our Nation, with an unemployment rate in…

It's a problem, because it basically creates a greater challenge for diverse schools, and it's not a fair measure.

I wish to address a particular point, which is limiting the ability of high-risk investments to blow up our economy. My colleague and friend, Senator Levin, did a monumental service to this institution today by holding a hearing with the…

The modifications of HAMP are appreciated, but the HAMP process is inherently complex and messy.

Keep in mind, the net present value test is a test for a bank to decide if it is in their best interest, not if it is in the family's best interest.

I need for the Secretary of Housing to say, I am going to get engaged on other strategies to assist families in foreclosure.

Let me give you a real example, the types of examples that we hear.

I will tell you my impression was that these school districts would be happy to share what their learning is.

I am very pleased to support his nomination, and thank you for the invitation to introduce him.

We commend Senators Jeff Merkley, Mark Pryor, Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Sanders, and Ben Cardin for their leadership in sponsoring this bill.

Building Star energy efficiency measures would result in greenhouse gas reductions, as Senator Merkley pointed out, the equivalent of taking about 4 million cars off the road.

NASEO also strongly supports Senator Merkley's (along with Senators' Brown (OH), Cardin, Pryor, Sanders and Stabenow) Building STAR legislation.