Jeff Merkley actually said...

"in Oregon, green energy jobs are growing at seven times the rate of other jobs in the economy."

"Thank you very much. I think that one area where the Portland metropolitan area has been pushing in kind of opposition, or at least not getting a lot of cooperation, was in streetcars."

"I think Federal legislation needs to encourage more of that, give localities the tools to evaluate different choices."

"I do apologize but I have to return to the healthcare markup."