I rise today to decry the attack of my Republican colleagues on the executive branch of the United States of America. The Constitution, which we are sworn to uphold, calls for a balance of power between three branches of government--the…

I rise tonight to tell you a tale about the Klamath Basin. It is really two stories about the Klamath Basin. One is of a terrific vision that has come together between fishermen and ranchers and tribes, and the second is a story about a…

I rise today to honor my colleague and my good friend, Oregon's State treasurer, Ben Westlund, who passed away this last Sunday after a protracted battle with lung cancer. A true independent voice in Oregon politics, Ben entered the…

These savings would go to business, tenants and hopefully families in multifamily structures.

We commend Senators Jeff Merkley, Mark Pryor, Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Sanders, and Ben Cardin for their leadership in sponsoring this bill.

We estimate that it would create between 150,000 and 200,000 jobs.

Building Star energy efficiency measures would result in greenhouse gas reductions, as Senator Merkley pointed out, the equivalent of taking about 4 million cars off the road.

The type of impact we're talking about is, in parallel, 150,000 jobs on the residential side, 150,000 jobs on the commercial side.

Building Star would establish a rebate and a financing program to help make our existing commercial and multifamily buildings more energy efficient.

The energy saved would equal 33, 300-megawatt power plants.

So much can be done to be smart with energy, and being smart on energy is smart for our economy.

I rise today to introduce legislation that will create jobs and lower energy bills for families and small businesses in rural communities by promoting energy-saving home renovations. Our proposed Rural Energy Savings Program would assist…

NASEO also strongly supports Senator Merkley's (along with Senators' Brown (OH), Cardin, Pryor, Sanders and Stabenow) Building STAR legislation.

I rise this evening to speak about a simple amendment that would go a long way to save a lot of jobs in our timber industry and our forested communities. To give a little bit of background, the collapse of the housing market has devastated…

I rise today to introduce legislation to help create jobs and lower energy bills for businesses and multi-family residences. This bill would create a program called Building Star, designed to promote energy-saving commercial building…

I think that'd be very interesting.

In Oregon, we've done a number of things to try to take this on. And we are now third in the Nation--I believe, behind Utah and Minnesota--in terms of childhood obesity.

we, too often, have a sick-care system rather than a healthcare system.

My wife is a nurse, and I can't tell you, during the 10 years she worked at a hospital, how often she'd come home and just say, 'You wouldn't believe how big American children are getting.'

This is such an important issue for every State and for our national economy.

Utilizing your last comment as a segue to the revenue side, and I am sorry if I missed this...

I rise to address the Republican filibuster attacking the American worker and the Republican filibuster attacking America's small businesses. I had the chance to go home this weekend. I started my trip home in Deschutes County where there…

I hope as we address this issue we also extend the Small Business Administration loan guarantee that expires this month and increase the maximum loan size of SBA 504 and 7(a) programs.

I am very proud to be a cosponsor of your legislation as well.

Well, you might be familiar with--we have a stress test in the Bank on Our Communities Act to avoid putting funds into banks that are failing...