Jeff Merkley actually said...

"The perspective that folks bring to my town hall is that the Government intervened with enormous support for our major financial institutions."

"I feel like time is passing; that is, efforts that should have been concluded and put in place very quickly 2 to 3 years ago, we still have a window now, and we should get it done."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Mr. Secretary for the hard work you are doing to try to figure out the strategies in a very, very complex mortgage world."

"I applaud what you did in Baltimore because I think actually seeing communities on the ground gives one an understanding that analysis and ivory towers do not gain."