Jeff Merkley
United States
Democratic
United States senator
government
Jeffrey Alan Merkley is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon. He was first elected to the Senate in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County, including portions of eastern Portland; he was the speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the last two years of his tenure.
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He also signed the letter to Secretary McMahon regarding student loan funds.
Merkley's push for oversight reflects a process-oriented approach that centrists support when it leads to concrete improvements.