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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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May 17, 2023

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

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May 17, 2023

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

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May 17, 2023

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?

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May 17, 2023

I think the President has full power within his inherent authority to simple declare the debt limit null and void.

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May 17, 2023

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…

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May 17, 2023

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

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May 17, 2023

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.

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May 16, 2023

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…

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May 16, 2023

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

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May 16, 2023

I love the word 're-shore', thank you.

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May 16, 2023

I just wish it did not take 2 days to get a Congressional Delegation halfway around the world to start those meetings.

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May 16, 2023

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

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May 16, 2023

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?

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May 16, 2023

Let me just say, factually, scientifically, you are wrong. That we have already issued extraction permits for a vast amount of additional fossils.

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May 16, 2023

I have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

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May 16, 2023

I just wish it did not take 2 days to get a Congressional Delegation halfway around the world to start those meetings.

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May 16, 2023

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

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May 16, 2023

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.

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May 16, 2023

We have China engaged in slave labor with the kind of a million Uyghurs; we have them taking away the Tibetan children to boarding schools when they are just 5 or 6 years old.

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May 16, 2023

I rise today to honor a departing member of my team. This is the first time in 7 years that I am delivering a farewell speech regarding one of my team members that wasn't written by my speechwriter, Mike McKiernan, because Mike is the…

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May 16, 2023

I love the word 're-shore', thank you.

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May 16, 2023

Do you agree that trade relationship with China and the enormous number of supply chain factories that moved from the U.S. to China helped accelerate China's path to wealth and power?

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May 16, 2023

Do you agree that trade relationship with China and the enormous number of supply chain factories that moved from the U.S. to China helped accelerate China's path to wealth and power?

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May 16, 2023

We have China engaged in slave labor with the kind of a million Uyghurs; we have them taking away the Tibetan children to boarding schools when they are just 5 or 6 years old.

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May 16, 2023

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

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