Jeff Merkley actually said...

"If we want to promote breastfeeding we also have to look at the types of policies that promote women being able to take a reasonable leave after birth."

"I think that promotion of breastfeeding is one of the things we know can be very effective as part of an effort not only to improve nutrition overall, but to help control over time the high rates of o..."

"I think that it's widely understood that the best dollar we have in health care is a dollar spent on prevention, on disease management, and therefore we need to do a whole lot more in that area."

"I look forward to working under Senator Kennedy's leadership this year that we might achieve that goal of universal coverage."