Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I thank very much my Vice Chair, Senator Heller, for being very supportive of holding this hearing."

"Chairman Merkley. So I would toss out the idea that I will be happy to follow up with subsequent to this hearing..."

"I really think that FEMA needs to have an ombudsman function."

"So, in short, the folks who live on a stream in Oregon are not subsidizing a hurricane zone on the Atlantic coast."