Jeff Merkley actually said...

"the majority of Americans believe that the U.S. should stay in the Paris Agreement."

"If human civilization doesn't get it together very quickly, we are in very deep trouble."

"I believe you are acknowledging in that, which I am glad to hear, that it is a serious problem and that the EPA, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant and we have a legal obligation to take it on."

"I do feel like perhaps you don't understand the gravity of the situation, from your response."