Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I'm very concerned about the strategy currently of holding the country hostage and saying we're going to drive the economy off of a cliff if we don't get changes that benefit the wealthy and hurt ordi..."

"Let me just say, factually, scientifically, you are wrong. That we have already issued extraction permits for a vast amount of additional fossils."

"For 22 years it stayed one purpose, the deficit, reinforced every single year."

"Doesn't it seem a little insane that tax cuts for the wealthy that have--and the powerful corporations that have created the bulk of this problem would then have the problem addressed by cutting basic..."