Jeff Merkley actually said...

"My concern here is that this is the heart of the American dream, that there is a full opportunity to thrive for every American."

"But, it's important to our system in the United States that the powerful don't pay a fine while the ordinary person goes to prison."

"Thank you for the work that your Department does facilitating exports which are so important to nurturing manufacturing."

"I think what really stuck in my mind is that, the same week that the settlement came out with HSBC, ... it just seemed like the sort of thing that sticks in people's minds as to whether the justice sy..."