Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Is it responsible for Congress to say we're going to ignore the enormous damage that climate change is doing across our country through fires, through smoke, through ice storms, through flash floods, ..."

"Projects funded through PL-566 and other investments in modernizing our infrastructure have a tremendous return on investment."

"Senator Merkley has been a champion of this effort in central Oregon, and I'm grateful that he's leading a bipartisan effort."

"As Senator Merkley highlighted, the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program, also known as PL-566, has been especially beneficial."