Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Is it also part that, by funding things outside of Saudi Arabia, they are saying to folks leave us alone inside Saudi Arabia?"

"I appreciate that a great deal."

"It is simply a situation where when we do exceed the account and have to shut down other programs, then even the removing the dead and dying trees, well, the prevention side gets robbed to pay the fir..."

"We have a water mold pathogen in Oregon, referred to as Sudden Oak Death, and it is a huge threat to our nursery industry."