Jeff Merkley actually said...

I have often said that the success of our economy a generation from now depends on our investment in education today.

At the end of the day, the public's greatest safeguard in this area lies in the process of the appointment of Commissioners.

Does kind of this story give us any sense of insight into the role of the Commissioners, the pressure they are under to keep plants operatin...

We have to protect the integrity of the staff judgments and try to insulate the Commission from political or economic pressures.