WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley took to the Senate Floor today to discuss the impending deadline to lift the debt ceiling before the nation’s borrowing authority runs out on November 3rd. Merkley noted that America has an obligation to pay its debts and that the full faith and credit of the United States should not be used for political brinkmanship. The following are excerpts of Merkley’s speech:






