Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I so much applaud the set of goals you just laid out."

"I, frankly, think we need the bipartisan focus of this committee on making sure that we are actually delivering the resources to defend democracy at this critical moment."

"I think this is such an important area in this global competition between freedom-loving nations and autocracies that I am very concerned about the trends."

"We should be transitioning to offshore wind, and we should be doing it in partnership and leading the world in this effort to end this addiction to oil."