Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I wanted to speak in support of this."

"Let's address the core issue. Let's look at the fact that there are enormous economic consequences, that global warming is a huge assault on our rural resources."

"I want to turn to your experience. The caution I would have is against trying to use the challenges of banks in rural America as a wedge to restore the New York Wall Street casino operations that brou..."

"One of the things that I found very interesting was the rebound that has occurred on assets for banks of various sizes."