Jeff Merkley

Please help us to fund these natural areas to preserve their cultural, economic, and ecological value for generations to come.

Thank you Chair Merkley and Ranking Member Murkowski for the opportunity to submit testimony about the priorities of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for Fiscal Year 2023.

The physical risks of climate change are a global issue, and they affect the U.S. as well.

I think we better accelerate our efforts to address that, not pretend and stick our head in the sand that there is no problem.

Before the Pacific Salmon Treaty, fish wars often erupted with one or both countries overharvesting fish that were returning to the other country.

The commitment of the United States is matched by the commitment of the Government of Canada.

It is critically important to have adequate resources for U.S. participants to implement the revised agreements and protect our Tribal Treaty resources.

Tribal nations are resilient and have demonstrated their resolve and dedication since time immemorial, yet are uniquely reliant on their Federal partner to fulfill the promises made in exchange for the land that created the foundation of…

Please help us to fund these natural areas to preserve their cultural, economic, and ecological value for generations to come.

Thank you Chair Merkley and Ranking Member Murkowski for the opportunity to submit testimony about the priorities of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums for Fiscal Year 2023.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:08 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 10 a.m.

Thank you very much.

These play a vital role in so many ways.

My time is up, so I will just close with a comment.

Thank you very much.

These play a vital role in so many ways.

My time is up, so I will just close with a comment, which is in Oregon, we have experienced intense droughts over the last few years.

These play a vital role in so many ways.

I am honored and pleased to add my voice to that of my colleague, Senator Wyden, in support of this nomination.

I am honored and pleased to add my voice to that of my colleague, Senator Wyden, in support of this nomination.

The jury system to help set that tone, to set that model going forward, we lose a piece of our democracy.

I am honored and pleased to add my voice to that of my colleague, Senator Wyden, in support of this nomination.

I recognize there is some uncertainty about exactly where the line is, and that is part of why this hearing is so important as we think about this elaboration.

Would a candidate's use of a completely falsified digital image of the opponent saying something that the person had never said, would that be illegal under current election law?

An advertisement in which one candidate says, hey, my opponent took this position and said such and such, and that is not true. That is not true. That is a violation?