Jeff Merkley actually said...

"This budget cuts rural business loans, rural development, rural transportation, rural water, essential service to rural airports."

"Because Libya had voluntarily retired its nuclear program under international assurances of non-aggression, and, in fact, those assurances fell apart?"

"I think that reinforces the point Senator Cardin was making in the beginning about a coherent strategy."

"I would love to follow up and get a better understanding of that because I think it is relevant to what we consider doing in the future."