Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Do not let go of it. Hold tight."

"Does that fit, then, with the point that you were just making about carbon dioxide production, if you will, carbon dioxide footprint?"

"That is kind of a different answer than the question I was asking though, in terms of comparing it to our other generally available transportation fuels at this point."

"I express my deepest sympathies to the families in Japan, victims of the triple tragedy, the earthquake, the tsunami and certainly the nuclear disaster."