Jeff Merkley actually said...

"The department you head covers products that constitute 20 percent of what consumers spend both in food and drugs."

"I imagine, just knowing your background, that you probably share my concerns that such issues get the insight from experts and also that the public has a chance to weigh in, so that we get, in this 'W..."

"I am concerned that this request relies on a significant increase in user fees that is not feasible and unlikely to gain congressional approval."

"while stripping healthcare from millions of Americans, it gives a tax giveaway of roughly $600 billion to the richest Americans?"