Jeff Merkley actually said...

"We have a significant problem with loss of snowpack in the Cascades, which is resulting in warmer streams."

"So I have been struck by how important this conversation is as one that has direct impacts on the ground right now."

"I share the concern of many of my colleagues that an international body would set standards for U.S. financial institutions."

"Since the prevailing winds go from west to east, when our forests are burning out in Oregon, California and Washington State, the rest of the Nation is experiencing those impacts."