Jeff Merkley actually said...

"We would like to have a buffer in that world. Is that something you could consider examining and supporting?"

"I think that is important for the public to know, that, today, the Secretary of Education before this committee refused to affirm that she would put forward a program that would ban discrimination bas..."

"Another thing that increases the amount of debt is the Pell Grant proposal you put forward does not keep pace, because you freeze it for that time period, does not keep pace with the inflation in publ..."

"Wouldn't it be better for a student to do Work Study in order to reduce the amount of debt that they have, but you cut in half the Federal Work Study program?"