Jeff Merkley actually said...

"The leverage is 51 votes. The leverage is people doing their responsibility under the constitutional framework of checks and balance. The leverage is the oath we're going to take at the start of the t..."

"Well, this start sketching (ph) and really critical details about how Giuliani was operating and about communication between that operation and the president. Certainly, it isn't the whole picture. I ..."

"Absolutely not. When there is a specific threat, you see intelligence which says these are the type of information we're getting..."

"It's a very disturbing connection that I would certainly hope would not be the case, but it's the President himself who's raised it."