Jeff Merkley actually said...

You have mentioned that royalties and taxes should go to the government, but in this case Exxon paid--made the payments to a private account...

To me, I am somewhat disturbed because we are Nation founded on religious freedom.

the net effect of which was transferring a lot of wealth to a president for life, someone who has no interest in democratic principles.

I do think this is a little bit of an example that my colleague from Massachusetts was pointing to, because we have often been reluctant to ...