Jeff Merkley actually said...

"we cannot even get more than 1 percent of the names of folks, and yet it is up to our regulatory agencies to decide whether and how a bank participates in the U.S. economy."

"I think this is a very important project, that we pursue renewal of MAP-21."

"If our States have to delay projects, that of course results in much higher costs."

"We anticipate that we would have a challenge, we would lose about 5,000 jobs in Oregon if we don't succeed in this effort during 2015."