Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I was a strong critic of the TARP program, and in January, I was asked what I thought should be done to improve it and I said, we need to spend an enormous amount of effort assisting homeowners in thi..."

"Actually, there was another $25 billion pledged, and that is in your own testimony, for the making--no, it is not."

"We have urged Treasury in our recommendations to reconsider its allocation of its resources to deal with the toxic assets."

"We have yet to spend a dime that actually helped a homeowner yet."