Jeff Merkley actually said...

"the owner of the mill said, and I believe I have this right, that it's like a person starving to death in a room full of food."

"I wanted to start by echoing Senator Udall's comments in regard to the proposed reduction in funding for hazardous fuels reduction."

"We had a fire the size of Rhode Island last year in Oregon."

"We're looking at a proposed budget that cuts the hazardous fuels reduction in half."