Jeff Merkley

Could the Senator explain how it is for those 350,000 or more--maybe 400,000--who have newly gained access to health care, how they have been hurt by gaining access to health care?

I thank the Senator. I couldn't help but hear outside the Chamber the Senator from Wyoming talking about Oregon. So I just wanted to ask, in Oregon, 400,000-plus people have signed up for health care through the Affordable Care Act. Some…

The cost of ignoring climate change will continue to increase.

We have heard today that climate change is having impacts on the ground right now; that it is not an abstract theory.

I ask you one thing, is to change the definition, which Senator Merkley will co-sponsor with Senator Wyden on, on the renewable energy.

I personally say, it is here, and the risk is way too high just to ignore those few, that you might be right that it is not happening.

Thank you. I want you to take a look at a chart on the surface temperature issue that was raised.

I think good, improved forest management is an important aspect of our adaptation to changing climate.

Climate change is exacerbating major factors that lead to wildfire, heat, drought, and dead trees.

I think we can be 100 percent offset within 10 years.

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Just yesterday, the President made a historic announcement moving forward with the proposal to tackle the single largest source of climate pollution in the United States: coal-fired power plants.

These impacts aren't always straightforward, as we will hear from some of our witnesses today.

My impressions were, seeing this in studies of lots of species some of my colleagues have talked about the migrating lobsters, so on and so forth, so this is not just one particular, lots of ocean species are things that are changing.

That represents a lost opportunity for the American sportsman.

What we are seeing now is that steadily rising temperature in the summertime, so that the mean temperature in the summer is now putting physiological stress on the animals which is affecting their reproduction.

So you said 98 percent loss, so 49 out 50 of moose that were there before are gone.

Let's turn to our second panel, if they could come forward.

What we are seeing already are real impacts of climate change, impacts that are being felt today on the ground.

The relationships that were forged in the dialogs that made 2010 so dramatically different than 2001.

It's important to the ranching community to have a good relationship with the Klamath tribe.

It provides hope to the whole community.

I pledged that if succeeded, I would work in partnership with all of you as stakeholders.

For the last year, I facilitated the Klamath Basin Task Force, which was convened by Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.

I just want to note that there are many other stakeholders who've been involved in this broader vision, the Yurok Tribe, the Karuk Tribe, conservation groups, PacifiCorp and just a whole variety of interest including fisherman from the…