Jeff Merkley actually said...

"We see the beaches in Oregon covered, we see marine life that is dying because their guts are full of plastic."

"We are taking the wildfire smoke very serious, which is why in this budget we are asking for an increase in our air quality monitoring system."

"It is now estimated that each of us, because of how microplastics now permeate our air, water and food, eat the equivalent, or consume the equivalent of a credit card's worth of plastic every week."

"We want to protect the environment."