I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get.
Jeff MerkleyThere are two ways of looking at the talking filibuster. My way is as a form of unanimous consent.
Jeff MerkleyI wont stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so.
Jeff MerkleyWe have our nominee, and it's is Secretary [Hillary] Clinton. I do hope that Secretary Clinton will take into account the huge resonance of the vision that Senator ["Bernie"] Sanders was putting forward.This has inspired millions of citizens - a style of campaign we've never seen before winning 22 states, extraordinary number of caucuses. Now the challenge is to bring the two halves of the party together.
Jeff MerkleyAmericans have powerfully sensed that we're off track. There is a structural challenge in our economy that needs to be addressed.
Jeff MerkleyThe economy, virtually all the new income has gone to the top 10 percent, and we need to find those areas where we can actually make a change in that. And that includes enhancing manufacturing jobs in this country, it includes the ability to go to community college for free, it includes the ability to have debt-free higher education, it includes career technical education in our high schools. It also includes taking on the pharmaceutical companies on the extravagant prices that they`re charging for the drugs. Americans need to stay healthy.
Jeff Merkley