Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Thank you. And I know there has been a fair much amount of attention to the deaths, and the conditions, and it needs attention."

"The idea that we're going to cut taxes on the rich, which is what the Republican plan in the House is, and put this massive additional tax on the ordinary families, I know it would not sell in my stat..."

"I see that even the dream of home ownership fading away for so many families in my blue-collar community."

"I appreciate the President not taking that tack, and instead of saying fair share."