Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I have a deep interest in what happens in Burma."

"I think that it can be done, that it should be done, and it can be done in such a way that it does not impact the people of Myanmar."

"I hope we can really help turn the world back in the direction of governments that work for the people from a citizen-up strategy rather than an authoritarian-down strategy that China is championing."

"It sends a message not only to the military in Burma but to would-be dictators around the world that there was space for them to become more authoritarian."