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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.
For clarification, will my question be credited to my colleague's time, and can I ask unanimous consent that that it be credited to his time? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Young). If the Senator for Connecticut yields for a question, it comes…
my colleague has said that the facts I have presented tonight are a fabrication, to use his exact word. He has called it a breach of protocol. He has called it a violation of common decency. I think we are here as a Chamber to address…
in a moment, I will again ask for this important issue of deployment of secret police to be debated and voted on, on this floor. That is what the U.S. Senate is for, to address the issues facing Americans, but I didn't want to ask until my…
I rise tonight to ask: What does democracy look like in America? I have here a picture of what democracy looks like--people showing up presenting their opinions with their feet and their voices and their signs saying: We want change. And…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--Amendment No. 2457
And I would invite my colleague to stay if he would like to and yield to him if he wants to jump into the conversation.
I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
I say to my colleague from Oklahoma, that if these secret police were released on the streets of Tulsa, you would be down here defending your constituents, but you have a responsibility to defend all constituents across the country, the…
I will not yield until I am done. That was one of his arguments; that it circumvents process. The second is, he said it takes equipment away and training away, and yet my bill doesn't deal with equipment or training. So, clearly, that…
I ask unanimous consent that Senators Rosen and Hassan be added as cosponsors to Senate amendment No. 2457, to reform Department of Defense to limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and to S. 4049, the…
when, in the course of time, America should find a President in the Oval Office who chooses to bring the police tactics of dictators around the world to the streets of America, then that is the moment it is incumbent on every Member of…
I ask unanimous consent that Senators Stabenow, Casey, Udall, Shaheen, Kaine, Smith, Schumer, Feinstein, Cardin, Whitehouse, Leahy, Tester, Schatz, Cortez Masto, Warner, and Menendez be added as cosponsors to Senate amendment 2457 to…
I ask unanimous consent that Senators Rosen and Hassan be added as cosponsors to S. 4220, the Preventing Authoritarian Policing Tactics on America's Streets Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING…
I ask unanimous consent that Senators Casey, Udall, Shaheen, Kaine, Smith, Schumer, Feinstein, Cardin, Whitehouse, Leahy, Tester, Schatz, Cortez Masto, Warner, and Menendez be added as cosponsors to S. 4220, the Preventing Authoritarian…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Additional Cosponsors--Amendment No. 2457
The support is felt strongly throughout Oregon to stop the secret police in America, but it is a coast-to-coast feeling, and I yield to my colleague from Connecticut to speak for the other side of the country. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…
On behalf of two Oregon Senators and my colleague from Connecticut and the 34 other Senators who are standing up for democracy, rights, and against secret police, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 2457, an amendment to limit…
My apologies to my colleague from Wyoming. I think we are not in quorum call. The PRESIDING OFFICER. You are not. Additional Cosponsors--S. 4220
I ask unanimous consent to engage in colloquy with my colleague from Michigan. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I am pretty sure, down the hall in the House of Representatives, nobody is missing a meal; yet so many people in each of our States are missing meals. In my State of Oregon, hunger has doubled since March. I imagine hunger has increased in…
It is being driven by massive unemployment. The estimate in April was for families who earn less than $40,000 a year, 40 percent had lost their job. I think that was April. Now, maybe it is well over 50 percent. Half of working America of…
We might think of hunger as kind of a temporary discomfort, something you get through, but my understanding is, when children are hungry, when they don't have the basic nutrients on a regular basis, it damages the development of the mind…
We are talking about millions of American children who are suffering not just discomfort but damage to their minds because they don't have enough to eat. The majority leader is sending us on vacation rather than addressing it. Thank you to…
Senator Stabenow, it is a pleasure to be here with you in this fight for something as fundamental as hunger. As I was listening to the conversation, your words and our colleague's from Ohio, Sherrod Brown, who was speaking, and our…
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