Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Trump’s illegal gutting of the Education Department will only take good teachers out of the classroom and prevent students from accessing higher education."

"What Republicans are attempting to do is upend decades of precedent and trample on the laws that govern how Congress budgets."

"What would be an absolute crime is to support a House bill written only by Republicans."

"I'm calling on the admin to reverse this decision—in no world should this facility reopen."