Jeff Merkley actually said...

"You say that you want to reduce the burden of debt, but you have established a new program that is actually the same program."

"Would you like to repropose a Pell program that does keep pace with inflation, so that it covers the same percent for working families?"

"I would encourage you to follow up with the members of the subcommittee on ideas that you have that we should consider."

"I think it is interesting, as you all have noted, that being elected is sometimes used as a defense that, 'Oh, our human rights cannot be that bad. We were elected to the Human Rights Council.'"