Jeff Merkley

This is very dangerous for the separation of powers, the checks and balances.

You saw the billionaires lined up behind him at the inauguration, that’s who he’s working for.

There’s something here that everyone should notice. We are slipping into a strong man state where the president has such an acquiescent Republican caucus that they’re doing this crazy policy hurting America, hurting the next generation…

Well, I must say, my impression is--and I hope the Senator will correct me if I am wrong--that the Republicans are embarrassed by the fact that they are proposing a bill that creates over $3 trillion in debt in 10 years and over $30…

So I find two things very interesting. They are saying, if something was in the law that they passed in 2017 and it expires, they are pretending it doesn't expire and that, therefore, extending it doesn't cost anything. But in their own…

In the time that you were Budget chair, did you ever contemplate a situation in which you argued that renewing a tax break that was by law expiring would somehow have no impact on the deficit?

Democrats are continuing to make the case against every provision in this Big, Beautiful Betrayal of a bill that violates Senate rules and hurts families and workers.

We will make sure the Byrd Rule is followed and review any changes Republicans attempt to make to the bill.

Democrats continue to show up and fight every provision of this Big, Beautiful Betrayal of a bill, because this bill is an attack on workers and families everywhere.

Scrapping USPS' electric vehicles is a lose-lose scenario.

It is not too late to stop these cuts.

If the Republican reconciliation bill passes these drastic health care cuts into law, working class families across America risk going further into medical debt.

Medical debt is a complex problem, but having health insurance coverage makes a measurable difference.

The Trump Administration's 'Polluters over People' agenda is once again threatening our health, this time undermining the chance for all Americans to have a future free of asbestos exposure.

It's long past time for Congress to reassert its constitutional role and prevent another disastrous conflict.

The spirit of the Constitution was that no one elected would be selling influence to anyone because it’s to be government by and for the people.

Access to the White House shouldn't be up for sale to the highest bidder!! This kind of blatant corruption takes a sledgehammer to public trust—we need to add my End Crypto Corruption Act to the GENIUS Act NOW!

Currently, people who wish to cultivate influence with the president can enrich him personally by buying cryptocurrency he owns or controls.

In your knowledge of American history, has there ever been a Presidential first 100 days that showed this level of corruption that we are witnessing with this administration?

I have a question for my colleague from Massachusetts, if she would yield for a question.

Congressional Republicans need to realize that ‘magic math’ does not exist and tax cuts cost money, even if Republicans want to pretend that they don’t.

What Republicans are attempting to do is upend decades of precedent and trample on the laws that govern how Congress budgets.

Trump’s illegal gutting of the Education Department will only take good teachers out of the classroom and prevent students from accessing higher education.

What would be an absolute crime is to support a House bill written only by Republicans.

I'm calling on the admin to reverse this decision—in no world should this facility reopen.