Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I must say, there is an ecstatic community in John Day, Oregon and the Forest Service was instrumental in developing the innovation of using a service contract rather than a harvest contract to have t..."

"Thank you very much for your support and advocacy of changing the way that we address funding of fighting forest fires."

"I certainly am very supportive of that."

"I support more Pell grants. I support tuition freezes. I support low interest rates on student loans."