Jeff Merkley actually said...

"We have had administrations in the past that have talked about attacking our dependence on foreign oil and our addiction to oil in general."

"What has been missing, in my thinking, is for the Department of Energy to lay out a plan for how we are going to end our dependence on foreign oil."

"We have proposed, the Senators who have put this forward have proposed having a Department of Energy Security..."

"There are many, many approaches other than a short-term transfer onto the working Americans of health care costs."