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Jeff Merkley

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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.

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Jan 30, 2024

We should get the hedge funds out of the housing business.

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Jan 30, 2024

Thank you. And I hope for our sake they don't start to target Rhode Island.

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Jan 30, 2024

The only people that could buy them were hedge funds. Hedge funds discovered that this was a fabulous investment.

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Jan 30, 2024

If an investor pays more for a house, they're going to charge higher rents. It's going to drive up the rental market.

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Jan 30, 2024

The shortage that my colleague from Maryland mentioned is certainly true in Oregon. We estimated we're about 110,000 units short.

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Jan 30, 2024

I really saw when I was director of Habitat for Humanity how an affordable mortgage or affordable rental housing was huge to the stability of family.

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Jan 17, 2024

The idea that tax policy could incentivize further outsourcing is absolutely atrocious.

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Jan 17, 2024

The Trump tax law slashed the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent. And but that didn't trickle down to ordinary people.

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Jan 17, 2024

The Trump tax law slashed the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent. And but that didn't trickle down to ordinary people.

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Jan 17, 2024

It seems to me that there's a profound sense of the system being rigged, which increases cynicism in America.

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Jan 17, 2024

The idea that tax policy could incentivize further outsourcing is absolutely atrocious.

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Jan 17, 2024

Well, I sure would like to see ordinary Americans benefit rather than more tax policy directed to make the wealthy wealthier.

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Jan 17, 2024

It seems to me that there's a profound sense of the system being rigged, which increases cynicism in America.

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Jan 17, 2024

Well, I sure would like to see ordinary Americans benefit rather than more tax policy directed to make the wealthy wealthier.

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Jan 16, 2024

Well, I sure would like to see ordinary Americans benefit rather than more tax policy directed to make the wealthy wealthier.

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Jan 16, 2024

The idea that tax policy could incentivize further outsourcing is absolutely atrocious.

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Jan 16, 2024

on October 7, Israel suffered a horrific terrorist attack by Hamas. It echoes very much the impact that we felt here in America on 9/11 when we suffered a horrific terrorist attack, and it connected our hearts to the hearts of Israelis in…

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Jan 16, 2024

so our government should work to solve this problem. We have been working to solve it--so having a report announced by our government: to what degree these strategies of a dysfunctional inspection process and a dysfunctional deconfliction…

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Jan 16, 2024

It seems to me that there's a profound sense of the system being rigged, which increases cynicism in America.

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Jan 16, 2024

The Trump tax law slashed the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent. And but that didn't trickle down to ordinary people.

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Jan 10, 2024

If I was a citizen of that town I'd be kind of frustrated that we're paying more for less.

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Jan 10, 2024

What type of metric are we talking about?

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Jan 10, 2024

What type of metric are we talking about?

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Jan 10, 2024

We can pretend that nothing's changing, but the facts are otherwise.

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Jan 10, 2024

If I was a citizen of that town I'd be kind of frustrated that we're paying more for less.

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