Honorable Jeff Merkley
United States Senator, Oregon, Democrat
Senator Merkley was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009 and was Speaker of the Oregon House from 2007 to 2009. He sits on the following committees: Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Economic Policy; Budget; and Environment and Public Works, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy. The following is from the November 21, 2013, Senate floor debate on changing the rules for consideration of presidential nominees. I rise today along with my colleague from…
