Honorable Jeff Merkley
Senator, Oregon, Democrat
Sen. Merkley is the junior U.S. senator from Oregon, first elected in 2008. He currently serves on the following committees: Appropriations; Budget; Environment and Public Works; Foreign Relations; and Rules. The following is his speech delivered on the Senate floor on June 3, 2025, in support of the AI Civil Rights Act (S. 5152). I rise today to discuss the critical need for regulation of artificial intelligence. This work period, the Senate is poised to take up the House’s reconciliation package, a disastrous proposal that strips healthcare away from tens of millions of Americans and dismantles our country’s clean energy…
