Jeff Merkley

I really encourage you to come back next year and say, we do have some mass timber buildings that we have acquired for use or are building.

We are seeing that the plastic which is made with fossil gas is a huge contributor to climate chaos, which we are suffering everywhere.

I--my overall impression is the use of deepfakes in campaigns, whether by a candidate or by a third party, can be powerful...

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?

Free and unfettered discourse has been the lifeblood of our democracy, and it has kept us free.

I really encourage you to come back next year and say, we do have some mass timber buildings that we have acquired for use or are building.

We are seeing that the plastic which is made with fossil gas is a huge contributor to climate chaos, which we are suffering everywhere.

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?

I am struck by a conversation I had with a group of my wife's friends who said, 'how do we know what is real in political discourse?'

I am really pleased that we are holding this hearing and wrestling with this challenge.

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?

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.

I really encourage you to come back next year and say, we do have some mass timber buildings that we have acquired for use or are building.

We are seeing that the plastic which is made with fossil gas is a huge contributor to climate chaos, which we are suffering everywhere.

I want us to find a way to help these communities out.

You are talking about piped water, right?

But isn't that kind of the core purpose of the DWWIA money, is to help folks in rural areas be able to address this kind of challenge?

I just want to emphasize how important it is to continue to support the efforts to take on corruption.

President Castro presents a new opportunity to address corruption.

I want us to find a way to help these communities out.

You are talking about piped water, right?

But isn't that kind of the core purpose of the DWWIA money, is to help folks in rural areas be able to address this kind of challenge?

For decades, people have had an accelerating level of nitrates in their water, to where it is way above safety now.