Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Do you share the viewpoint from the administration's report last Friday that carbon pollution is a significant world problem and we need to act quickly to address it, a point that was also made last m..."

"I think it would be a very helpful thing."

"A key priority for U.S. policy should be to effect a change in behavior by bringing China into the norms and disciplines of other major creditor countries."

"A lengthy answer avoiding the core point of the question, but thank you."