Jeff Merkley

You have mentioned that royalties and taxes should go to the government, but in this case Exxon paid--made the payments to a private account controlled by the president. Do you see anything wrong with that?

I do think this is a little bit of an example that my colleague from Massachusetts was pointing to, because we have often been reluctant to put as much pressure on states that we are dependent upon for oil than in situations with states…

Should America put down a line in terms of them testing very long range missiles?

We saw, in the sanctions on Iran, it was America that led and then we brought the rest of the world to the table.

One of the things that you mentioned was, it was impressive that so many countries came together in Paris as a part of a global effort to take this on.

One of the things that is noted is how the changing climate in the Middle East concentrated Syrian villages into the towns and sparked the civil war that has now produced something like 4 million and counting refugees, having profound…

The extent of the false news stories, the hacking, the cyber warfare, the use of botnets to amplify false news stories, the hiring of trolls, all of which really attack the fundamentals of our democracy.

If you were Secretary of State and you were working to enforce U.S. sanctions and another CEO had a subsidiary set up and utilized to bypass American sanctions, would you call up that CEO or weigh in and say this is not a good idea, this…

Do you share his vision that NAFTA and WTO China access and the TPP are big mistakes in terms of creating living-wage American jobs?

If confirmed, I will remain committed to advocating for and defending the right of the Cuban people to democracy and respect for human rights.

I believe it is imperative that human rights defenders the world over, including the IACHR, remain engaged in reviewing and investigating the death of Cuban political dissident Oswaldo Paya.

I want to ask you about Article VI and our responsibilities to be engaged in conversations about complete disarmament, nuclear disarmament.

I fully support looking at the treaty in a holistic fashion.

Those three pillars are nonproliferation, peaceful use of nuclear power, and disarmament, and they are meant to bridge the very difference between nuclear power states and non-nuclear power states.

My impression of the IAEA protocols is that they are more prevalent, more in number, more in high-tech, in every possible way improvements on our previous arms control agreements.

North Korea is a global menace, and all states have a responsibility to abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions and help cut off funding to the North Korean regime.

I think Namibia has taken great strides to distance itself from North Korea and abide by the U.N. Security Council resolutions.

There are disturbing reports that some in the Indian Government are trying to expel up to 40,000 Rohingya refugees.

Standing up for human rights and democracy is not just a moral imperative but is in the interest of the United States.

As Secretary Tillerson said in the introduction to the 2016 Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, when it comes to human rights, 'our values are our interests.'

If confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, I will press the Government of Vietnam to bring its laws into conformity with Vietnam's constitution and international human rights obligations and commitments.

My goal is to ensure these sanctions support our important, common work in resolving the conflict in Ukraine, restoring control of Crimea to Ukraine, and preventing future meddling by Russia in foreign elections.

Yes. Vietnam should unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience.

Human rights, including religious freedom, remain an important pillar of our engagement with Vietnam.

Yes. If confirmed, I commit to urge the Government of Vietnam to respect human rights, and to implement reforms to bring its laws into conformity with Vietnam's constitution and international human rights obligations and commitments.