Jeff Merkley

When is DFC going to quit financing all fossil fuel projects?

I think countering corruption is an absolutely critical part of what you are doing.

The amount of fossils that can be burned by humankind across the globe, and keep us below 1.5 degrees centigrade, is microscopic now.

It is as bad as coal.

Okay. We will explore that, and see if that was a typo in the article, but it is the type of thing that certainly concerns me.

The world is at this crisis point, and yet the DFC is doing exactly what we have to not do.

We are building more fossil fuel projects, and yes, I certainly understand that you can create jobs in the fossil fuel world.

When is DFC going to quit financing all fossil fuel projects?

I think countering corruption is an absolutely critical part of what you are doing.

We lost three feet on our groundwater last year on top of many, many dozens of feet losses over previous years.

So we have a big nursery industry in Oregon, and there's constant concern about the ability to ship plants.

We lost three feet on our groundwater last year on top of many, many dozens of feet losses over previous years.

I nearly fell out of my seat because this is a place where it would be like the last thing anyone would ever ask for is government oversight.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for bringing your expertise to bear.

We lost three feet on our groundwater last year on top of many, many dozens of feet losses over previous years.

I was very surprised in the very southeast corner of my state, in an area that's extremely rural, and extremely allergic to any form of government involvement.

Well, that is horrific. Because we are in a situation; my State is burning up from climate change.

We need to pivot to renewables quickly, and should be expediting the thing that make that possible.

Doesn't it seem a little insane that tax cuts for the wealthy that have--and the powerful corporations that have created the bulk of this problem would then have the problem addressed by cutting basic programs for the most challenged…

I'm very concerned about the strategy currently of holding the country hostage and saying we're going to drive the economy off of a cliff if we don't get changes that benefit the wealthy and hurt ordinary American families.

So in 1974, when the Budget Control Act was done, it has 100 percent of the senators vote for it and that was because it created a filibuster-free pathway for one purpose, deficit reduction; am I correct?

For 22 years it stayed one purpose, the deficit, reinforced every single year.

Your analysis concludes that the Trump and Bush tax cuts have together been the largest driver of increasing debt ratio.

We need to pivot to renewables quickly, and should be expediting the thing that make that possible.

Well, that is horrific. Because we are in a situation; my State is burning up from climate change.