Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I am delighted that we can have this chance to hear from Richard Cordray, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau."

"Nothing is more important to any of us who have children than to care about the kind of a country, the kind of an environment, we are going to be leaving for them."

"We need to get our science from scientists, not politicians nor industry lobbyists."

"If we do not act now to stem the worst effects of climate change, we are looking at once greater problems."