Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Does the preservation and expansion of the middle class in our country depend upon the expansion of manufacturing, or are there alternative strategies to have a large percentage of Americans in the mi..."

"I have often said that the success of our economy a generation from now depends on our investment in education today."

"Does kind of this story give us any sense of insight into the role of the Commissioners, the pressure they are under to keep plants operating?"

"At the end of the day, the public's greatest safeguard in this area lies in the process of the appointment of Commissioners."