Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Certainly we have benefited, if you will, from utilizing fossil fuels on a scale much larger than individual citizens in China or India."

"That commitment came out of a dialog with China about the need for all the nations of the world to proceed to take on this issue?"

"We are having substantial droughts, three of the worst ever droughts in the Klamath Basin in just the last decade and a half."

"I thank you for putting forward a plan that helps put the United States in the leadership role of working with the nations of the world to take on this devastating challenge."