Jeff Merkley actually said...

"the standard for collecting phone records on Americans is now all phone records all the time all across America."

"I had an amendment last December that said these findings of law that translate the requirements that are in the law into what is permissible needs to be declassified so we can have the debate."

"the public has a right to know, but the way to bring it to public attention is not to commit crimes."

"Unfortunately, over the last decade at least, the American Dream has slipped slowly out of reach for many families."