Jeff Merkley actually said...

"If you do not buy it and your house goes bye-bye, do not expect the Federal Government to come write you a check for your house."

"I just want to make sure that those concerns of communities being decimated by this change of policy is getting to your ears."

"I praise you for responding to our pleas on behalf of our communities."

"I would appreciate that, and I understand it is a complicated process."