Jeff Merkley actually said...

"You do not want a politician to make a unilateral decision while those investigations are going on."

"I think that in this time of national reckoning with the challenge of Black Lives Matter..."

"I would really love to see champions in our diplomatic team push for an official determination of genocide in Myanmar because the actions against the Rohingya fully justify it, just horrific activitie..."

"We received on the committee a letter from a dozen aldermen... asking we take a close look at the question of systemic racism."