Jeff Merkley actually said...

"The counties are hurting greatly."

"Should we not succeed in doing it, it could be a catastrophe in many, many ways, for all of the stakeholders."

"That creates an enormous inefficiency and failure to pursue many of the goals that we have laid out in the budget."

"We have to understand that all our lives, the danger, the uncertainty, the need for alertness, for effort, that discipline will be upon us."