Jeff Merkley actually said...

"If we want to promote breastfeeding we also have to look at the types of policies that promote women being able to take a reasonable leave after birth."

"I think that promotion of breastfeeding is one of the things we know can be very effective as part of an effort not only to improve nutrition overall, but to help control over time the high rates of o..."

"I think that it's widely understood that the best dollar we have in health care is a dollar spent on prevention, on disease management, and therefore we need to do a whole lot more in that area."

"The biggest barrier to women breastfeeding and continuing to breastfeed for the recommended amount of time is actually their returning to work."