Jeff Merkley actually said...

"why have so few executives at major institutions been prosecuted by the SEC or by the Department of Justice?"

"Thank you to the panel for your testimony and I just want to thank Chairman Reed for calling this conversation together."

"Do you have any aspect of your efforts that is related to vampire electronics, that is, that so many of our electric appliances utilize energy when they are not in use"

"I think there is just kind of a thirst for being smart about what we do."