Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I appreciate the administration putting forward the AUMF. I think it is our responsibility under our Constitution to wrestle with it."

"We have to understand that all our lives, the danger, the uncertainty, the need for alertness, for effort, that discipline will be upon us."

"I would like to see us put a timeframe on 2001, despite, as you point out, that there is an enduring threat."

"I just want to make sure that the economy of our Oregon coast doesn't shut down, as it has come close to a number of times when dredging was not funded."