Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I know that there is an amendment or a bill being circulated that basically makes military aid to Saudi Arabia contingent upon Saudi Arabia cooperating to open the ports in Yemen."

"this is again a disaster happening in four places. It is northeast Nigeria. It is Yemen. It is Somalia, and it is South Sudan."

"So I am going to just make one point here going back to the pilots before I turn this back over to the chair."

"Quite challenging. And I think your short answers reflect the complexity of the situation on the ground in different locations and the combination of politics, greed, warfare, all mixing together."