Every recorded vote of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists this member, taken from their own per-vote records. Nothing is sampled and nothing is left out.
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What was said, and what was done
2026-07-22
IRAN
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Thank you. The Senator appreciates your pronunciation of my home State, which people across America have a hard time often figuring out. Mr. President, I am here tonight joining my colleague from Wisconsin on a very serious topic: that our Nation is at war; that our servicemembers are dying; that for every one who dies, so many are injured--a war that is absolutely hurting us in every possible way.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 22, 2026.
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2026-07-22
Unanimous Consent Request (Executive Calendar)
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, Americans are worried that the money in their pockets will not cover the increasing costs of gas and groceries and housing or healthcare. Meanwhile, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is worried that the money in Americans' pockets doesn't currently have his face or his signature on it.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 22, 2026.
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2026-07-22
Unanimous Consent Request (Executive Calendar)
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, I so enjoy working with my colleague from Wyoming. But I did notice that her speech had nothing to do with my point that sitting Presidents don't belong on coins because it is an authoritarian symbol.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 22, 2026.
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2026-07-16
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, I am pleased to welcome Senator Armstrong from Oklahoma in his delivering his maiden speech. It is an important part of this institution, and I hope all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who weren't able to hear him in person will have a chance to listen to it and to get to know him during his stay here.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 16, 2026.
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2026-06-24
S.J. Res. 196 (Executive Calendar)
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, I want to make a few remarks now about the Congressional Review Act vote we will be taking later tonight. And here is the thing. This is so straightforward, in terms of, here in the United States of America, pursuit of an education to serve the people of this country should never be a privilege reserved only for the wealthiest Americans.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 24, 2026.
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Spoke and voted on this measure
S.J.Res. 196: On the Motion to Proceed · Jeff Merkley voted for (Yea)
Senate Roll Call 190, 119th Congress, 2nd Session
The remarks and the vote are both on S.J. Res. 196 on this day. Jeff Merkley voted Yea on on the motion to proceed. The site records that they concern the same measure and has not read one against the other.
2026-06-24
S.J. Res. 196 (Executive Calendar)
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“My colleague has got it completely wrong. There are less expensive ways to get a nursing degree. Indeed, my wife is a nurse, and she got her 2-year nursing degree at a community college.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 24, 2026.
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Spoke and voted on this measure
S.J.Res. 196: On the Motion to Proceed · Jeff Merkley voted for (Yea)
Senate Roll Call 190, 119th Congress, 2nd Session
The remarks and the vote are both on S.J. Res. 196 on this day. Jeff Merkley voted Yea on on the motion to proceed. The site records that they concern the same measure and has not read one against the other.
2026-06-24
Iran (Executive Calendar)
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, Donald Trump's Operation Epic Fury has become ``Operation Epic Failure.'' He started a war of choice. It turned out, Iran had a lot more leverage than he ever anticipated.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 24, 2026.
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2026-06-17
SAVING THE OOI ACT OF 2026
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, I rise to address an issue of importance to our commercial fisheries and to our weather and to scientific studies. Specifically, that is the issue of sustaining the Ocean Observatories Initiative.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 17, 2026.
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2026-06-17
SAVING THE OOI ACT OF 2026
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“Mr. President, I would like to very much thank my colleague from Alaska. We were both shocked to hear about this plan to remove these sensors. The sea off Alaska and certainly off the coast of the Northwestern United States--Oregon, Washington--are incredible assets that we need to understand.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 17, 2026.
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2026-06-09
SECURE AMERICA ACT
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, I submit this statement on behalf of Senator Durbin, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee; Senator Peters, Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and myself.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 9, 2026.
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2026-06-04
RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, Americans are pressed to the wall. I have been holding townhalls throughout Oregon. I have held 36 this year--1 in every single county. Most of my Oregon counties are what you would call very red counties.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 4, 2026.
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2026-06-04
RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER
Remarkswhat was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here
“Mr. President, I applaud my colleague from North Carolina and other Members on the other side of the aisle who wish to end the massive corruption of the so-called anti-weaponization fund, better known as cash for--well, folks who are--``cash for cronies'' would be a good name for it.”
Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 4, 2026.
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Where the words are
The Congressional Record marks Jeff Merkley as speaking in
318 items of business across 102 sitting days of this
Congress. 12 statements indexed here so far.
That count is where to look, not how much was said. Most appearances are procedural: a
yield of time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays.
It is also a floor and not a total. The count comes from the Record's own metadata, which
tags who spoke in each item of business, and that tagging is not complete: checking the text
turns up passages by members the metadata does not tag at all. A member may have said more
than this says.
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every recorded vote
All 890 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in
which the Senate lists
Jeff Merkley, newest first. The most recent 25 are below and the rest load on
request. Each roll number links to the official record of that vote.
Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 180 from the Committee on Foreign Relations
On the Motion to Discharge
Yea
Motion to Discharge Rejected
865 more, loaded from the published roll call list
What this covers
Up to 12 of this member's most recent floor remarks, taken verbatim from the Congressional Record with the page each is printed on. Procedural turns are left out: yielding time, reserving time, moving to suspend the rules.
Not covered.
Everything else this member said. The page says how many items of business they are marked as speaking in.
Any reading of the remarks. Where a vote is shown beside them it is because both are on the same measure that day, which is a fact about the two records and not a judgment.
A vote shown against remarks means the member spoke on that measure and voted on it the same day. It is not a claim that the words and the vote agree or disagree.
