Jeff Merkley actually said...

"If our community banks are not recapitalized and they cannot lend to small businesses, our small businesses are not going to thrive."

"I have proposed and the administration has proposed recapitalizing banks in order to enable them to do more lending to small businesses to enable those firms, the small businesses, to recharge the eco..."

"I am wholeheartedly behind taking funds and moving them to support our community banks."

"I want to see us be as bold and aggressive in assisting working American families as we have been in assisting major financial institutions."