American - Politician | October 24, 1956 -
Decades of scientific research has proven that carbon pollution is harmful to human health and causes global warming.
Jeff Merkley
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Imagine if Congress always put the interests of polluters ahead of the health of our families. Our rivers and lakes would be choked with sewage. Acid rain would pour down from smog-filled skies. Hundreds of thousands more of our neighbors, friends, and loved ones would be victims of cancer, heart disease, and asthma.
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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.
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Real choice is clear information and the right to walk away from a bad deal without leaving your wallet behind.
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I grew up in Southern Oregon. My father was a sawmill worker and a logger, and his job put food on the table.
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There are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.
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When you use the word 'filibuster,' most of us in America - and I count myself among them - envision it as the ability to hold the floor on rare occasions to speak at length and make your point emphatically and even delay progress by taking hours.
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My way of viewing the talking filibuster was as a way of doing unanimous consent with your feet. You object by going down and talking.
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We can have the best health insurance options in the world, and people still won't get needed care if we don't increase our supply of primary care physicians and nurses.
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There are thousands of capable Americans who would pursue a degree in nursing if we had room in our schools for them.
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It's time to level the playing field for small business owners and give them the same health care choices that large corporations have. Because they don't have as many employees, they have little ability to negotiate lower rates.
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Too many Americans who are uninsured or under-insured do not receive regular checkups because they can't afford coverage or their insurance doesn't cover enough of the costs. The lack of preventive care results in countless emergency room visits and health care disasters for families.
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