Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate all of your testimony and particularly getting to the nitty gritty of the allocations."

"Isn't that demanding? And we could actually bridge that entire factor with energy efficiency alone if we really applied ourselves to it, a strategy that actually pays us back."

"Well, certainly I and many members of this committee would love to work with you as you dig deeper into those numbers and identify those barriers, how we might overcome them and go further in that eff..."

"It is a choice between a strong, secure energy independent America or a weaker, oil addicted America."