Jeff Merkley actually said...

"attack on our country in a true sense."

"We support providing assistance to address natural resource concerns facing the Nation's farmers, ranchers, and nonindustrial private forest landowners."

"we need to be making certain that are other countries are our allies--the European Union, Mexico, and Canada, those who buy grain from us."

"I would appeal to you all, while there is some effort to demonstrate--to give cash, I would ask that you all continue the policy that has been in the past to let us use commodities grown by U.S. growe..."