Jeff Merkley actually said...

Washington, DC, is still failing to create an environment where private businesses are able to create robust job growth.

Let us reform the Tax Code. Let us rein in wasteful Federal spending.

We must not, however, take the sector for granted. America needs to think strategically about how we prepare our workforce...

So in short, if concentration of wealth at the top was the key, we would have more jobs now than ever before.