Jeff Merkley actually said...

"In many ways the solutions that local residents are implementing in the Klamath Basin point to a new model for managing our natural resources, collaboratively based on local needs, rather than from a ..."

"the legislation, in my view, provides a sustainable and more economically certain future for the Klamath Basin."

"the blueprint that the stakeholders have, in effect, agreed to now is codified in S. 2379."

"I think this agreement will work because it does provide albeit at a reduced level, it provides water assurances into the future."