Jeff Merkley

Deep cuts to the U.S. Government's International Affairs Budget would be shortsighted, counterproductive, and even dangerous.

I am really talking about the message that it sent to have worked with a nation to have them forgo their nuclear program.

I referred to Libya dismantling their nuclear program.

I just find it a bit of a dodge really, at a time we are trying to persuade other countries to dismantle their nuclear programs.

The transition can be extraordinarily difficult afterwards.

I do think it is something we should keep in mind as situations arise around the world.

I am aware of that, and it disturbs me that the responsibility of the President to find the right person to place on the Court was farmed out, essentially, to these two groups the Senator mentioned. While often people will say: Did the…

As my colleague has pointed out through his question, the challenge we have with the appropriate treatment of our advice and consent responsibility isn't simply a problem with the Supreme Court nominee, but with strategies to prevent the…

My colleague from Illinois is absolutely right. In the middle of the night somewhere, a few hours ago, I pointed out that this evidence of different style of action didn't just depend on the history books because you can look a few hundred…

Our position really is that development of medium-range missiles or longer range missiles are directly a threat, a threat to the region.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, when he was High Commissioner of Refugees, characterized the war in Syria as 'the great tragedy of this century, a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in…

Today, here we are 6 years from March 15, 2011, the 'Day of Rage,' where mass popular demonstrations occurred against the Syrian President.

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Yes. I think the U.S. should prohibit the sale of cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia.

So we have a situation where an individual has accepted a nomination from the President for this incredibly important position and then has turned around and said: By the way, I am the guardian of the gate for the very records the Senate…

I do not know if it was made a matter of record. My impression initially was that she had read this letter at the hearing, but I am not sure if it was presented in person or as a document submitted to the committee.

That occasion was a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the potential appointment of the individual to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

Well, the answer is that it does have a date, and that is Thursday, March 13, 1986.

I thank the Senator from Washington for her answer. So often I have heard speeches about accountability from across the aisle. This is a case where accountability matters a tremendous amount because it determines whether our children have…

I hope you will also be 100 percent committed to the principle of not allowing predatory mortgages back into the marketplace.

But we had a real crisis that was driven by predatory mortgages, both mortgages that were undocumented and mortgages that had exploding interest rates.

So you are completely abandoning the principle that you asserted before?

Well, can you pledge today that you will make sure that that tax reform proposal, in fact, does not give away the Treasury to the richest but strengthens the foundation for struggling and working families?

So why would there be a tax proposal completely contrary to the principle you asserted that this administration was not going to be about enriching the rich but helping the middle class?

So here we are, already in America the top 1 percent control 40 percent of the wealth and the top 10 percent control three-quarters of the wealth.