Jeff Merkley

Should we allow Saudi Arabia to proceed with American technology in nuclear power plants that do not have the gold standard?

I will just take yes. You had me at yes.

I appreciate the chance to sit in on the conversation. The first Senate that I saw in operation was in 1976 when I was here dropping out of college for a year to intern and volunteer for groups and watch how Congress worked.

I really hope the administration understands that it needs to consult before starting such a hostility.

If the President were going to actually take a use of force against North Korea... then it seems reasonably clear that under Article I that the Declare War Clause requires Congress to authorize that...

I am really concerned that the boundary of the clarity of law is so routinely violated now...

This administration is absolutely allergic to consultation or transparency when it comes to these issues.

I think it would be very good to have that. The Republicans will not do that. But perhaps we can hold a shadow hearing in which all these women can have the attention of the country and have a fair chance to share their story.

The president has grabbed women's butts, he has grabbed their breasts, he has grabbed them on their genitals. He has bragged about doing so, he has pushed them up against walls.

I am very disturbed by that.

I always find it fascinating, the word trust fund, and then it is raided for other things.

Thank you so much. I appreciate that you have that personal understanding of the situation and a sense that we should honor these obligations that we made when we undertook these big projects.

Those ports and jetties are just absolutely essential to those communities.

Isn't that something we can make happen as part of the medical protocols in this country?

Well, I just want to encourage continuing to take a look at that because I think a number of folks have noted it's a more powerful way to approach this.

I think that's worth certainly the Congress looking at given that it's a dramatic difference, 25 percent between the two States.

I think about how the number of deaths are now way over the number of deaths from car accidents.

Would my colleague provide a list of all the colleges that qualify, because our understanding is that only one--this was written for one to qualify. And that is why this shouldn't be done at the last minute and just stuffed into a tax bill.

You make the point that your colleagues on the left don't have a fond opinion of this particular college, but my point is, we don't have a fond opinion of discrimination and of giving a tax provision for just one college that happens to be…

You said you introduced this provision, and so I assumed you probably researched this. Isn't the reason this college has not taken Federal funds is because it was sued for discrimination?

Is this Hillsdale College the same one that was sued for discrimination in the 1980s?

Not only do we have the dynasty loophole, we also have a sweetheart deal for very well-off LLCs--the type of LLCs President Trump has. He is rumored to have hundreds. I keep hearing the number 500. We don't actually have a document that…

In fact, that is indeed one of the big lumps of coal Americans are getting. One in three American taxpayers utilizes this deduction, as should anyone who pays State and local taxes. How fair is it that on the money people have already paid…

Part of the reason for the discussion over no first use is because it creates more confidence among other nations that are nuclear-armed not to perceive a false attack by the United States.

Part of the point was to have forces that could survive an initial attack.