Jeff Merkley actually said...

"The whole effort was to preserve farming and forest lands and it has worked relatively well, but it does not work well without good transit."

"They liked the previous strategy better. They found that more effective, and the ability to acquire more fuel-efficient vehicles and so forth."

"I do think that there is common cause on this Mortgage Debt Relief Act and the concern about short sale streamlining that was mentioned earlier."

"I think we all want the mortgages to be affordable but not predatory, so they become a form of wealth construction."