Jeff Merkley actually said...

"So here we are, already in America the top 1 percent control 40 percent of the wealth and the top 10 percent control three-quarters of the wealth."

"Well, can you pledge today that you will make sure that that tax reform proposal, in fact, does not give away the Treasury to the richest but strengthens the foundation for struggling and working fami..."

"So just to be very clear, you are very comfortable with the notion of giving $50,000 on average to the richest Americans while slashing health care from 23 million Americans."

"I hope you will also be 100 percent committed to the principle of not allowing predatory mortgages back into the marketplace."