Jeff Merkley

But, there is no rule for disclosure in this area and the SEC has refused to do it. Is it not a valid interest of an owner to know how political speech is being conducted with their money?

I would like to encourage your team to help advocate for taking the concept that you all have elevated in the regulations, working with Congress to make it a permanent part of the law.

I think that should focus a lot of minds here on Capitol Hill.

Since you offered, I just wanted to address the fire borrowing. Senator Wyden and I have been working with Senator Murkowski and have been chief advocates of ending fire borrowing.

We have recently been able to get some data from the Department on maturing mortgages in Oregon, but it is important that across the Nation we know when mortgages are maturing so nonprofits can attempt to buy them in places where they…

I want to thank you for these 8 years of service.

Everywhere I go in Oregon, folks note the importance of it to the success of their rural communities.

I can tell you, in Oregon, the employment rate has not rebounded at all in rural areas the way it has in urban areas.

The concept was that we could create a lot of jobs in rural America if people could take loans on their electric bill and be able to replace their windows or add installation.

The mega-fires, the large fires, should be treated as the natural disasters they are.

I look forward to exploring with the Subcommittee the possibilities, because this will be very important to the housing stock in America.

I stand with you shoulder-to-shoulder in the cause of mandatory labeling.

Well, the reason I wanted to raise this is I'd heard rave reviews about Alaska, and Oregon is the first State outside of Alaska to provide this.

I appreciate this conversation about the Indian Health Service. It certainly serves a vital role in many parts of my home State of Oregon.

I think that's an area where we can help address some of the concerns that Senator Daines was mentioning in terms of how do we get more outcomes for the dollars invested.

$3,100 sounds like a very low number.

I am hoping you can take a look at it and see if we get your support to keep this network alive.

Addiction to nicotine is a pathway to a lifetime of disease, a huge impact on quality-of-life for our children, huge cost to the healthcare system.

I know you have a lot of issues you are concerned about, and this is one you do care about.

Everywhere I go in Oregon, folks note the importance of it to the success of their rural communities.

The mega-fires, the large fires, should be treated as the natural disasters they are.

I look forward to exploring with the Subcommittee the possibilities, because this will be very important to the housing stock in America.

Since you offered, I just wanted to address the fire borrowing. Senator Wyden and I have been working with Senator Murkowski and have been chief advocates of ending fire borrowing.

I stand with you shoulder-to-shoulder in the cause of mandatory labeling.

We have recently been able to get some data from the Department on maturing mortgages in Oregon...