Jeff Merkley actually said...

"if it proposes cuts again, I hope we will have your support, continuing to preserve those programs."

"We heard from President Barack Obama that we had turned the corner after the surge deployment."

"If I have to pay higher wages and higher environmental standards with higher enforcement and higher OSHA standards, safety standards, it is going to be much more expensive for me in Oregon than it is ..."

"I think it is important for us to have a complete picture of the view."