Honorable Jeff Merkley
United States Senator, Oregon, Democrat
Senator Merkley was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, and as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009. He sits on the following committees: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Budget; Environment and Public Works; and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The following is from the January 5, 2011, Senate floor debate on amending the Rules of the Senate. The Senate is broken. During the course of my first two years in this body, there have been only a couple serious debates in…
