Jeff Merkley actually said...

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

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

"Thank you. And I will mention in my last few seconds here that the pilot project in Talent Irrigation District with Bear Creek, the funding is much appreciated."