Jeff Merkley actually said...

"We need to make sure that those mortgages provide a foundation for successful families. Not a mechanism to strip wealth from families."

"I really encourage the Administration to look at it in a much more direct way."

"How urgent is addressing the issue of mortgages as compared to the lending issues and the consumer demand issues that exist as part of this complex problem."

"I would be delighted to follow up with you and learn more about how that compares to other experiments around the country."