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Thank you very much. I think that one area where the Portland metropolitan area has been pushing in kind of opposition, or at least not getting a lot of cooperation, was in streetc...
7/13/2009
This was the memo, not about new sources, but about carbon dioxide, in which you noted that controlling carbon dioxide i...
7/6/2009
Public transportation creates 19 percent more jobs per dollar invested than road projects do.
7/6/2009
We need to finally provide the Federal Transit Administration with the resources it needs to meet local demand.
7/6/2009
Pursuing strategies to increase fuel efficiency and cleaning our fuel mix alone will result in failure.
7/6/2009
Total carbon emissions in Portland are below the 1990 levels.
7/6/2009
The Texas Transportation Institute estimates Portland has 20 percent less congestion than it would otherwise.
7/6/2009
We can't address our dependence on foreign oil without reducing oil consumption in the transportation sector.
7/6/2009
Together, this substantial investment in transit coupled with transit-oriented development will lower vehicle miles trav...
7/6/2009
Public transit is a core climate solution, but it is also a core energy solution.
7/6/2009
We need to end our dependence on foreign oil and foreign energy.
7/6/2009
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Jeff Alan Merkley
in office

usa, Oregon

3,830 Quotes

Born10/24/1956 (age 69)

PartyDemocratic

  • United States Senator

    1/6/2009 - present
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