Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Anytime that type of robust praise gets expressed, I want to feed it back."

"I think that would be quite useful."

"I am listening to this conversation as the son of a mechanic and machinist who--I had the privilege of growing up building things in the garage."

"So I would have assumed that during this downturn, the number of backlogged orders would have dropped dramatically. Am I correct about that?"