Jeff Merkley actually said...

"We should get the hedge funds out of the housing business."

"I really saw when I was director of Habitat for Humanity how an affordable mortgage or affordable rental housing was huge to the stability of family."

"The shortage that my colleague from Maryland mentioned is certainly true in Oregon. We estimated we're about 110,000 units short."

"The only people that could buy them were hedge funds. Hedge funds discovered that this was a fabulous investment."