Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Thank you very much. I wanted to turn to water infrastructure."

"I believe the scale of natural disasters in Oregon and other western states demands additional resources that can only be delivered through disaster supplemental legislation."

"The fires we're having out West produce a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the air."

"We just see the homeless epidemic just--you can come visit Portland and I invite you all to do so and other cities in my State and it's a graphic display of the challenge we face."