Jeff Merkley actually said...

"This is affecting an entire generation, this is very relevant, and we are going to continue this conversation."

"An income-based repayment plan shares the risk. It means if you are unlucky on the other side, if you happen to enter during a recession, that it will not--that there is something about that contract ..."

"Thank you all very much for your testimony and touching on so many points that our youth are facing."

"I have heard a number of parents say, I am not sure I should encourage my son or daughter to go to college because I do not want them to suffer from debt the size of a home mortgage."