Jeff Merkley Quotes

Decades of scientific research has proven that carbon pollution is harmful to human health and causes global warming.

I wont stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so.

There's an enormous amount of corruption, and as one American adviser put it to me, "The police in Afghanistan are thugs. We equip them, we train them, and now they are equipped and trained thugs."

Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.

There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.

We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.

Real choice is clear information and the right to walk away from a bad deal without leaving your wallet behind.

For too long, tricks and traps in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial transactions have stripped wealth from working families.

There are thousands of capable Americans who would pursue a degree in nursing if we had room in our schools for them.

I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get.

Americans have powerfully sensed that we're off track. There is a structural challenge in our economy that needs to be addressed.