yield back. mr. bennet: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. markey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator frothe.mr. merkley: mr., the most important words in the craft l of our constitution are the first three word of that document: "we the people." these are the worded that the authors put in supersize print to tell us that that is what our government is all about. and also what it is not about. they did not start out this document by saying that we are a government to serve the ruling elites. they did not establish this constitution to serve the titans of industry and the titans of commerce, and they did not write our constitution to serve the best-off, the richest in our society. quite the contrary, the genius