Jeff Merkley

Should we reject such a strategy from the House of Representatives?

I think this is one of the most important decisions we have faced in the time I have been in the Senate, probably the most important decision.

I think it will be one of the biggest foreign policy mistakes we could make in generations if we bail on Ukraine.

Putin is testing the world's resolve to defend the most basic principles, that sovereign nations cannot have their borders changed unilaterally.

President Putin has made clear that once he gets what he wants in Ukraine he will start looking at the Baltics, he will start looking at Poland, and other key allies.

China will see us as weaker.

I just think by going to the enforcement lever first, you're putting the cart before the horse.

I hope we'll see an eruption of integrity across the board, and bipartisan support for the integrity of every citizen paying their fair share.

Is borrowing more in order to let the wealthiest off the hook good for America?

I think the sentiment would be universal that while we're paying our fair share, the wealthy need to pay their fair share too.

I'm the son of a mechanic, and my father always said I sure am glad that I get to pay taxes...

I certainly believe that it undermines that sense of fairness and participation if the best off among us have full permission to cheat and not pay their share.

Colleagues across the aisle have proposed not enforcing the tax code with the richest Americans. They want to let them cheat.

I never understood, like, if you are arguing that people disappear, why would you shut down a program that ensures 100 percent attendance at court hearings?

How close are we to actually honoring the Flores settlement so that no child is in CBP custody for more than 72 hours?

The average time line has dropped to 18 months?

I want to turn to you, Secretary Becerra, and just note that when I go to my town halls in Oregon, I have one in every county every year, every single town hall this year, child care comes up.

I think this is one of the most important decisions we have faced in the time I have been in the Senate, probably the most important decision.

Putin is testing the world's resolve to defend the most basic principles, that sovereign nations cannot have their borders changed unilaterally.

Will it encourage other dictators around the world to take additional land?

Failure to fund Ukraine will also put some cracks into NATO.

I think it will be one of the biggest foreign policy mistakes we could make in generations if we bail on Ukraine.

If the U.S. appeases Putin by throwing support for Ukraine overboard, that somehow Putin will never do aggression elsewhere.

Should we reject such a strategy from the House of Representatives?

China will see us as weaker.