Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I think it is a powerful concept. We know that in some cases philanthropists have talked to kids in lower income areas, and adopted classrooms, and said, 'We will fund your college.'"

"This is such an important issue for our future."

"I think it is worth continuing that conversation."

"One of the things that deeply disturbs me is that we are becoming the first generation of parents whose children are getting less education than we got."