Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I think the nuclear industry should feel very good about having this argument over whose plan provides more subsidies for nuclear power."

"It looks like a path to me of catastrophe if we do not proactively change our energy strategy, a catastrophe for our economy."

"What I do not want is an energy policy that drives up the cost of energy in the United States of America."

"Any argument? Do the other folks agree that 12 percent might be about right to aim for by 2012?"