Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Mr. Merkley: Mr. President, in the coming weeks we are going to be taking up what probably is one of the most vexing policy challenges of the last 50 years: How to reform our health care system and provide affordable, accessible health care to every single
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Mr. Merkley: I first want to thank Senator Dodd for his tireless advocacy on this issue. The need to regulate tobacco products has been evident for years, and for years it has been impossible to accomplish this goal. It is frankly unbelievable that while we heavily
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Mr. Merkley: Mr. President, I am introducing two pieces of legislation to address the very heart of our economic crisis–the housing market and the deceptive lending practices that have placed millions of homes at risk of foreclosure. In the last few years, millions of families were
Monday, April 27, 2009 Mr. Merkley: Mr. President, today I am introducing the Sustainable Revenue for Oregon Counties Act, a bill aimed at finding a sustainable long-term solution to the revenue problems faced by Oregon’s timber-dependent counties and other timber-dependent counties across our Nation. This bill, which is cosponsored by
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Mr. Merkley: Mr. President, I rise to speak in strong support of the underlying bill, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, and in particular about its impact on detecting fraud in the housing industry. First, however, let me offer my appreciation to the senior
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Mr. Merkley: Mr. President, I rise today to call on my colleagues, and indeed upon all Americans, to rally to the defense of the American home. Sometime soon, within the next few weeks, this esteemed Chamber will be taking up this issue. So this seems to
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