Jeff Merkley actually said...

"You cannot have people out there who have served this country, you cannot have workers who have helped to build this country strong, that all of a sudden because of inaction we slash their benefits by..."

"I want to applaud you and the President for laying out a vision that changes the path our nation is on right now."

"We need to make at least two years of community college universally available and this is a critical step in terms of doing it."

"some of that wasteful spending in tax giveaways needs to be adjusted for a fundamental issue of fairness"