"this expanding tension in which warfare is conducted by the minority against the President...is just not serving our democracy well."
"the challenge is a reflection of almost tribal-level warfare between the parties."
"the minority...has an incentive to slow things down, make it difficult, extract promises."
"My father, the mechanic, would ask the question, why is it that working people who earn their income by the sweat of their brow pay a higher marginal rate than do millionaires getting a return on thei..."
"President Trump made recently when he told some of the country's wealthiest political donors they should increase their donations from $2 to $3 million to $25 or to $50 million in support of his elect..."
"It's estimated that, by the end of this decade, the hedge funds will own some 40 percent of the single-family rental houses in America."
"the extension of the kinds of policies that President Trump enacted would, I believe, be not only bad for the typical American, but be bad for our overall economy."
"Is there a reasonable argument to say that, in terms of equity, under how we approach the opportunity and the stake in our society for ordinary working Americans, hedge funds shouldn't be in the singl..."
"I just held a group of town halls, nine town halls in Eastern Oregon, and the town hall for town hall, people came forward to say hey, I came to say I got a problem."
"Is it responsible for Congress to say we're going to ignore the enormous damage that climate change is doing across our country through fires, through smoke, through ice storms, through flash floods, ..."
"it's hugely irresponsible for us to just say we can try to fix the insurance market, and fail to address the underlying causes"
"Senator Merkley has been a champion of this effort in central Oregon, and I'm grateful that he's leading a bipartisan effort."