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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.
Madam President, I rise to offer this amendment for the consideration of this body because it is important to boosting American jobs and manufacturing and ensuring that more of our American dollars are spent here at home. When the Federal…
Mr. President, my colleague from Oklahoma was addressing the frustration that exists on the part of the American public with this Chamber for not doing its job. I must say, on that point, we are in complete agreement. I hear in every…
Madam President, I rise today to speak about the issue of creating jobs in America--more specifically, the loss of jobs that has been driven by the unfair trade practices of China. The bottom line is this: Chinese manipulation of currency…
I think it is important to understand as well that the pegged currency isn't the only tool China is using to create an unlevel playing field against American products. Another is that they use something economists call financial…
Madam President, I wonder if my colleague from Ohio would consider a bit of a discussion for a few minutes.
I wish to thank the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Brown, for his work, along with the work my colleague from New York, Senator Schumer, has done. It is time we stand for workers across our Nation who have been systematically losing the…
In Oregon, we recently had the shutdown of a company called Blue Heron. It has operated for the better part of a century, making paper. The point Blue Heron was making was that because of the pegging of the currency, the paper they tried…
I found it very interesting, listening to some of the debate today, that there seems to be some policymakers in the Senate who haven't come to understand that when another nation pegs its currency, rather than letting it float, it does so…
Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate a statesman and a mentor, Senator Mark O. Hatfield. He took many roles: dedicated public servant, conscientious man of faith, and pioneer for new development in the West. He was born in 1922 in…
Mr. President, I have just one closing comment, and that is this: This is a picture of the Senator Hatfield tree. It has my staff in front of it. We went out there on July 12, Senator Hatfield's birthday, to take this picture and we hoped…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Yan Perng, have the privilege of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I applaud my colleague from Tennessee. I appreciate him coming to make comments about his service with Senator Hatfield. When I was first coming to the Senate, Senator Hatfield asked me to bring greetings to his former…
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