Jeff Merkley actually said...

"One of the questions that I think it is worth wrestling with is whether we should have a coherent national strategy to reduce our importation of oil."

"the funds that flow overseas when we purchase energy, and those funds that go to Venezuela, that go to Saudi Arabia."

"I believe transportation is about 60 percent of the carbon dioxide, and personal vehicles are about a third of that."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate all of your testimony and particularly getting to the nitty gritty of the allocations."