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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 wish to state for the record my strong support for S. 2450, the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014. I also wish to state for the record that, though I was unfortunately already traveling…
I am delighted that you are patrolling against that predatory practice, and I hope and anticipate that there is a substantial deterrent effect from what you have done.
I believe about $9 million was returned to approximately 9,000 individual mortgage holders.
Well, millions of American homeowners, mortgage holders, will benefit from that action, so thank you.
Could the Senator explain how it is for those 350,000 or more--maybe 400,000--who have newly gained access to health care, how they have been hurt by gaining access to health care?
Thank you very much, Mr. President. I am honored to be here joining Senator Blumenthal, Senator Durbin-- Senator Baldwin is going to be here--Senator Schumer, and many others to come and address this important topic, and this topic is the…
Thank you, Mr. President. I will wrap up simply by saying that this is common sense. Let's lower this burden, and then let's go on and do much more: control the cost of tuition, raise the impact of Pell grants, and pursue low- interest…
I thank the Senator. I couldn't help but hear outside the Chamber the Senator from Wyoming talking about Oregon. So I just wanted to ask, in Oregon, 400,000-plus people have signed up for health care through the Affordable Care Act. Some…
I thank very much the Senator for responding to my questions. Thank you, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut. Student Loan Debt
Congratulations for where we've gotten to and Senator Wyden and I are going to do all we can to take this side of it forward.
I pledged that if succeeded, I would work in partnership with all of you as stakeholders.
the blueprint that the stakeholders have, in effect, agreed to now is codified in S. 2379.
I just want to note that there are many other stakeholders who've been involved in this broader vision, the Yurok Tribe, the Karuk Tribe, conservation groups, PacifiCorp and just a whole variety of interest including fisherman from the…
the pledge to lower the cost by more--between a quarter and a third has been exceeded.
It's important to the ranching community to have a good relationship with the Klamath tribe.
I think this agreement will work because it does provide albeit at a reduced level, it provides water assurances into the future.
What we are seeing now is that steadily rising temperature in the summertime, so that the mean temperature in the summer is now putting physiological stress on the animals which is affecting their reproduction.
For the last year, I facilitated the Klamath Basin Task Force, which was convened by Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.
In many ways the solutions that local residents are implementing in the Klamath Basin point to a new model for managing our natural resources, collaboratively based on local needs, rather than from a place of conflict based on litigation…
the legislation, in my view, provides a sustainable and more economically certain future for the Klamath Basin.
I applaud all of them for coming today. It's an amazing group of individuals with diverse, as diverse, stakeholders coming together in this effort.
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