Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Well, certainly I and many members of this committee would love to work with you as you dig deeper into those numbers and identify those barriers, how we might overcome them and go further in that eff..."

"It is a choice between a strong, secure energy independent America or a weaker, oil addicted America."

"This bill can be reduced to a series of fairly clear choices. It is a choice between clean air or dirty air."

"This bill is a choice of creating jobs for Americans or sending those jobs overseas."