Jeff Merkley

The cruelty and abuse of Trump's family detention policy is a lasting stain on our nation.

The Republicans need to realize that ‘magic math’ does not exist. Tax cuts cost money, even if Republicans say they don’t.

That's the heart of the Republicans' budget resolution.

The American people are sick and tired of this bait-and-switch of Republicans campaigning on fiscal responsibility.

Trump's tax plan is the Great Betrayal of working families.

This Republican budget proposes $1 trillion cuts to programs for working families by the end of this fiscal year.

Families lose and billionaires win.

If you want them to be a big part of the deal, you better involve them.

He has to make a clear as he's trying to do that you can't have negotiations in the future of our country, democracy without us at the table.

I praise Senator Wicker for saying what we're all aware of -- of how horrific Putin is as a dictator, the losses of all freedoms in Russia, the massive loss of lives of him feeding them into this -- this war in Ukraine.

President Trump loves authoritarian figures. And we are seeing his authoritarian actions here at home.

It is shocking to have the leader of the United States of America not know the most fundamental elements of how this crisis came to be a dictator, Putin, who wanted access to the sea, who took Crimea, who wanted a land bridge to Crimea…

Well, it's incredible. And it's really been a set of events since last Wednesday that have just thrown shockwaves through the alliance.

We can stop these assaults on American democracy.

They can bring in cancer patients and cancer researchers, and fill the days with precise, human stories of what freezing or cutting NIH funding actually means.

We can stop all three of these assaults on American democracy.

We have a constitutional crisis.

I just wanted to note first that I really appreciate Senator Mike Braun's support on our effort to protect American's privacy and take on the rapid expansion of TSA use of facial surveillance. Stopping the establishment of a national…

Thank you very much for that.

Roughly, 10 years ago, as everyone has discussed, you overcame the odds including from our own Democratic administration, President Obama, to pass the Magnitsky Act.

I echo the comments of my colleague regarding the service of our veterans. They have stood up for us overseas, and we must stand up for them back here at home. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:34 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 10 a.m…

And I understand it is his 91st; is that correct? We should all want to be able to engage in public policy and public debate and dialogue when we have reached the start of our 10th decade, so congratulations to you.

I reserve the right to object. I will share a few of my thoughts on this, but first I wanted to note that my colleague from Iowa is celebrating his birthday today. So a very happy birthday to you.

The Transnational Repression Policy Act, which was introduced by Senators Merkley, Rubio, Cardin, and Hagerty, includes provisions in all these areas.