Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I am struck by a conversation I had with a group of my wife's friends who said, 'how do we know what is real in political discourse?'"

"I recognize there is some uncertainty about exactly where the line is, and that is part of why this hearing is so important as we think about this elaboration."

"An advertisement in which one candidate says, hey, my opponent took this position and said such and such, and that is not true. That is not true. That is a violation?"

"I just want to emphasize how important it is to continue to support the efforts to take on corruption."