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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.
I am confused. I am confused that the principle has been put forward tonight that there is a reason to hold up a program that hasn't been paid for. Even if we haven't been here late into the evening having a discussion about paying for the…
I am a new Senator. I have been here just over a year. But I don't recall, in January of 2009 when I arrived, that any Member stood up and said: I am going to hold up everything right now until we pay for the tax cuts for the wealthiest…
First, I would like to know, as we stand here tonight, have we paid for the tax cuts handed out to the wealthiest Americans?
One of the things that we have heard about in this Committee is the role of BPA.
Another thing you mentioned in your testimony was that various products have hormonal effects.
Well, turning to DDT, it remains persistent in the river system despite that fact it was banned some time ago.
I would like to thank the Chair, Senator Cardin, for convening this hearing, for including the important issue of the threats facing the Columbia River Basin.
I wanted to ask about the exploration of different designs that might inherently increase the safety of nuclear power and therefore also might reduce its cost.
It should be an issue of intense analysis and changing the policy if these comprise a risk to our Nation.
We could sort of allow certain institutions to be able to escape the regulatory situation if they were to divest their banks
All firms that are systemically important need to come under the same umbrella of regulation
I am wholeheartedly behind taking funds and moving them to support our community banks.
I have proposed and the administration has proposed recapitalizing banks in order to enable them to do more lending to small businesses to enable those firms, the small businesses, to recharge the economy.
If our community banks are not recapitalized and they cannot lend to small businesses, our small businesses are not going to thrive.
I want to see us be as bold and aggressive in assisting working American families as we have been in assisting major financial institutions.
Bond holders have received $60 billion over the last 3 years in excess mortgage payments from homeowners trapped in high interest rate loans.
When I sought to refinance my house, the mortgage agent sent me a HARP refinancing...
A quick question, then. You referred earlier to the fact that you didn't feel in the AIG situation that you all had much leverage in terms of asking institutions to take a haircut.
So the challenge of drawing that line between what is customized and providing that opportunity, if you will, to address it, also, then, the challenge that I think this is--I think this is what you are saying, but I will just repeat it and…
You can either sign up for a line of credit and have your overdraft covered by a line of credit.
It is important to first understand the context for this specific policy issue within Raytheon Company business.
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