Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I have proposed creating within that organization a program to provide low cost financing to do energy efficiency retrofits up front."

"My belief is this is a very modest target. It is ambitious but easily achievable because there are an abundance of alternatives."

"The standards set in this bill as an economy-wide cap... affects only a modest number of entities in the United States."

"I think of it that way, and then I look at the McKinsey study that you cite in your testimony that says that we could close this entire gap, the 2020 goal, with just energy efficiency."