Senator Jeff Merkley

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

So the nice Anne is never seen in company. She’s never made a single appearance, though she almost always takes the stage when I’m alone. I know exactly how I’d like to be, how I am… on the inside. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

If I force the good Anne into the spotlight for even fifteen minutes, she shuts up like a clam the moment she’s called upon to speak, and lets Anne number one do the talking. Before I realize it, she’s disappeared. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the “light-hearted” Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the “deeper” Anne is too weak. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

I’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

You can’t imagine how often I’ve tried to push away this Anne, which is only half of what is known as Anne - to beat her down, hide her. But it doesn’t work, and I know why. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

I hate having to tell you this, but why shouldn’t I admit it when I know it’s true? My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

Actually, I’m what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker – a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten: not bad, but not particularly good either. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

No one knows Anne’s better side, and that’s why most people can’t stand me…. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that everyone’s had enough of me to last a month. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

By that I mean not finding anything wrong with flirtations, a kiss, an embrace, an off-color joke. This side of me is usually lying in wait to ambush the other one, which is much purer, deeper and finer. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

As I’ve told you many times, I’m split in two. One side contains my exuberant cheerfulness, my flippancy, my joy in life and, above all, my ability to appreciate the lighter side of things. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

The former means not accepting other people’s opinions, always knowing best, having the last word; in short, all those unpleasant traits for which I’m known. The latter, for which I’m not known, is my own secret. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

Like so many words, it can be interpreted in two ways: a contradiction imposed from without and one imposed from within. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

“A bundle of contradictions” was the end of my previous letter and is the beginning of this one. Can you please tell me exactly what “a bundle of contradictions” is? What does “contradiction” mean? — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

Couldn’t agree more w/ @amnesty’s @MargaretLHuang: For-profit child prisons like Homestead are cruel & corrupt. Sponsors/foster parents are ready to take in these kids but for-profits have a motive to keep them locked up. Congress must close Homestead. https://t.co/58xZTB2w8Q — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

3 million Americans, including 66,000 in Oregon, will go hungry because of this reprehensible new push by the Trump administration. Taking food from children and seniors on fixed incomes is shameful. https://t.co/NcMBnO3Diu — PolitiTweet.org

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Kelly Craft is the wrong person to lead the U.S.’s engagement at this critical juncture, and the Senate should have voted to reject her nomination and demand an appropriate nominee. This is one more step in the exact wrong direction if we’re to ever save our planet. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

At a time when climate chaos is the greatest global challenge we face, we are sending to the UN an ambassador who will personally profit from the continued burning of fossil fuels and who infamously proclaimed that there are ‘scientists on both sides that are accurate.’ — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

As the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate subcommittee that oversees the United Nations, I am deeply disappointed by the Senate’s actions today in confirming Kelly Craft. — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

An Administration that actively silences scientists and desperately hides national security information from the American public should scare us all. @RodSchoonover https://t.co/kqvljA6upU — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

RT @SenWhitehouse: It’s time to stand up to the #ChamberOfCarbon https://t.co/hgYgYLcyJF — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

RT @MartinHeinrich: The @USChamber has spent millions of dollars fighting efforts to solve climate change. By putting the profits of a few… — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

The Senator doth protest too much, methinks. @RandPaul voted for a $2 trillion tax cut for special interests & sent a letter to Treasury this week asking for tax cuts FOR THE RICH. This is government for the powerful not for the people, and adds trillions to our national debt. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenatorShaheen: Today I joined @RonWyden, @SenatorHassan and @SenJeffMerkley in introducing legislation that cuts through red tape esta… — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

@USChamber @SenWhitehouse @brianschatz @MartinHeinrich You’re either FOR the American economy, FOR American public health, and FOR saving the planet – or you’re not. Pick a side. #ChamberofCarbon #ActOnClimate https://t.co/U0nCIucmfh — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

@USChamber I’m grateful to have people like @SenWhitehouse @brianschatz @MartinHeinrich and many more at my side who are refusing to let Republicans and special interests like @USChamber control the conversation on climate any longer. https://t.co/CnZnkevxyO — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

.@USChamber is putting lives and livelihoods at risk by continuing to block action on the climate crisis. They need to decide who they really fight for: “American businesses large and small,” or fossil fuel special interests with deep pockets. #ChamberofCarbon https://t.co/9IIRLOpHQy — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

That’s why I’m joining with 41 of my colleagues in the Senate to demand that Donald Trump and his cabinet IMMEDIATELY reverse this decision and protect the rights and medical care of more than 4 million Title X patients. Read the letter: https://t.co/v8bwnOli21 https://t.co/RKy0zGz4lN — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

Trump’s “gag rule” means the govt can control what your doctor is & is not allowed to tell you about your medical options. It’s an attack on millions of Americans’ access to birth control, health screenings, & more, & it's completely indefensible #ProtectX https://t.co/dHcd41vA36 — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

BREAKING: Per @ACLU, Trump Admin is continuing to rip children away from their parents, abusing a loophole meant to protect children from real harm. To use a speech impediment or traffic violation as “justification” to traumatize children is barbaric. https://t.co/qyM7o1de4u — PolitiTweet.org

Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley

Thanks for having me, @OSUAgSci! Happy to support the work you're doing in research and innovation. Oregon's ag industries are better off for it. — PolitiTweet.org