Jeff Merkley

Any decision to actually recover oil would still rest with Congress.

I appreciate that a great deal.

I appreciate your willingness to work with us. Thank you.

The public safety budget is cut by $28 million and the Indian education by $64 million and the overall Bureau of Indian Affairs is cut by about $300 million.

Very important to many of our counties in the west that have such a large percentage of Federal land.

Our mills really are depending on the public trees because the private trees are being exported to Japan and to China.

The prevention side gets robbed to pay the fire suppression side.

I will continue the discussion with you.

I think we can get some funds to try to make this quarantine actually work effectively before it becomes a factor that either starts destroying our BLM forests or eliminates the ability to export nursery stock from some of the key ports in…

Will my colleague yield for a moment? The majority leader has returned to the floor to hear a unanimous consent request--actually two of them--which we will make very brief and then yield back to the Senator from New Jersey.

I imagine, just knowing your background, that you probably share my concerns that such issues get the insight from experts and also that the public has a chance to weigh in, so that we get, in this 'We the People' Republic, a full…

The department you head covers products that constitute 20 percent of what consumers spend both in food and drugs.

I am concerned that this request relies on a significant increase in user fees that is not feasible and unlikely to gain congressional approval.

The group that I am referring to are the 13 Republican Senators who have been delegated the authority to prepare a bill to be brought to the floor, one that will have no public input.

There are 13 Senators who are holding a series of closed meetings to work to prepare a version of the bill that will come before the Senate, probably next week.

That is completely contrary to the very long and positive bipartisan history both on this subcommittee and our dealings with the FDA under both Republicans and Democrats.

While stripping healthcare from millions of Americans, it gives a tax giveaway of roughly $600 billion to the richest Americans?

Did he call it mean because it takes a wrecking ball to rural healthcare by putting rural clinics and rural hospitals into a financial crisis?

Did he call it mean because it eliminates the guarantee of Americans with preexisting conditions having equal access to insurance at the same price?

The President--the President has called Trumpcare bill from the House 'mean' and a 'son of a B.' Do you agree with the President that the House bill was 'mean' and 'a son of a B'?

Do you care about the public process? You cared about it when you were a citizen before.

Does the President care about the process excluding the opportunity for regular citizens and for legislators to have a chance to be deeply engaged in a very complex topic that could potentially eliminate health insurance and coverage for…

In December 2009, after a hundred committee hearings and roundtables here in the Senate, more than a hundred--adoption of over a hundred minority amendments in committee, and after 25 consecutive days of debate on the floor of the Senate…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Ranking Member noted this was a good exploration of public policy, and, Mr. Chairman, I would just like to ask you the question are we holding this hearing in order to gain the diverse perspectives and develop…

Are there other warheads that are going to--such programs, similar programs, are going to be begun in future years as an expanding array of modification or life extension?