Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Yes. If confirmed, I commit to urge the Government of Vietnam to respect human rights, and to implement reforms to bring its laws into conformity with Vietnam's constitution and international human ri..."

"The question is, should we be in or out? A thousand companies have weighed in with the State Department to say we should be in, including oil companies ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips."

"We have seen recently in the pro-Russian areas of Chechnya how LGBT gay men have been rounded up and put in jail."

"I think it is an essential part of our foreign policy."