Real choice is clear information and the right to walk away from a bad deal without leaving your wallet behind.
Jeff MerkleyThere are thousands of capable Americans who would pursue a degree in nursing if we had room in our schools for them.
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 MerkleyThat's a question best put to Bernie Sanders himself, but I think that he will probably put forward ideas that are related to the corrupting role of Citizens United and Buckley versus Valeo court decisions and the need to restore a by-and-for-the-people republic envisioned in our Constitution instead of the of-, by- and for-the-most-powerful system that we have right now.
Jeff Merkley