Jeff Merkley actually said...

Thank you. And in my final minute, I wanted to mention how important the Federal grants have been for the Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research.

Merkley emphasizes the significance of Federal grants for regional research centers.

05/08/2013

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the argument is often made that Social Security, the premiums go into the trust fund, the trust fund lends money out to earn a modest return...

So we are looking at another set of decisions, and right now we are on a course to have a significant drop in defense and non-defense discre...

I think that is very important because at the heart of this is an issue of fairness.

About roughly 20 years before the trust fund itself is depleted.