Monday, March 9, 2015 Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I rise today on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches and to call on Congress to come together to protect all Americans’ sacred right to vote. In March of 1965, thousands of Americans came together in Alabama to march the 54-mile
Thursday, February 3, 2011 For the last week, I have watched the affairs in Tahir square in Cairo, as millions of Americans have, and was deeply impressed by the peaceful demonstration of Egyptian citizens calling for change in their nation — for change that would respond to the economic plight
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 The Senate is broken. During the course of my first 2 years in this body, there have been only a couple serious debates in this chamber. The first one happened just a couple weeks ago, and that was an impeachment trial of a judge. The magic
Thursday, November 18, 2010 I want to start by thanking Chairman Harkin, who worked with me to include provisions to help small farms and processors and organic farms so that they have before them in this bill provisions that support them and will help make them successful. The last thing
Monday, September 13, 2010 I thank Senator Landrieu very much for her leadership as chair of the Small Business Committee. She has put in countless hours working with the national small business community and asking what the key obstacles are and how we can help to address them. The result
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 We are only a few weeks away now from the November elections. Therefore, this is a time for reflection. For me, it is a time to recognize I am nearly through my first 2 years as a Senator. I must say it is an incredible privilege
Thursday, September 23, 2010 I rise to speak about an issue of critical importance to the future of our democracy. I have in my hand the majority opinion titled, “Citizens United.” This Supreme Court decision, decided on the narrowest of grounds, is of profound importance to our nation and how
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Mr. President, the Citizens United case has aimed a dagger at the heart of American democracy. So I rise today in support of the DISCLOSE Act, to stop that dagger aimed at our heart. Our Nation is unique in world history in that it was founded
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Mr. President, I rise to address the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill and to share the reasons it makes a great deal of sense to restore the lane markers and traffic signals to our financial system–lane markers and traffic signals that were ripped away carelessly, thoughtlessly over
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 We’ve got the chance on the floor of this chamber to come and debate issues important to the success of our families across this nation. There are some who will come to this floor and they will argue that we should do everything possible to help
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