Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Let us provide the same opportunity to our Gold Star spouses as we provide to the children to help the spouses restore a financial foundation for their families and take control of their futures."

"This discrimination 'has no place in our society'."

"There are some who have criticized ENDA saying that it would force businesses to create a quota system in order to, if you will, protect themselves. We have not seen that in Oregon, that concern did n..."

"I think, the perspective Mr. Bagenstos has presented is very much in line with all of the legal efforts to create significant and broad exemptions for these organizations."