Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I just wanted to draw it to your attention and say, in this first year of implementation of this agreement, after decades of fighting over the water, how important it will be for us to make sure that ..."

"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."

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

"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?"