Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I want to compliment my colleague from Oregon, Senator Wyden, for consistently and effectively raising the issue of tax simplification."

"I think the United States as a whole seems to have a parallel problem."

"Is there a rational argument for this? Or is this just plain out a crazy thing to do, to subsidize the construction of factories that compete with American factories?"

"So let me press that a little bit because the problem seems to be..."