Jeff Merkley actually said...

"If we turn the clock back just a little bit, the pools that were utilized in the CDOs and CDO-squared..."

"One of the things that we keep confronting are nontariff barriers to American manufactured products."

"But how do you go about holding countries accountable that are creating barriers to favor their own companies to the disadvantage of the United States?"

"Well, I will conclude with one last question, and that is, up through about the mid-1970s, as productivity increased, the wages of working Americans increased."