Jeff Merkley actually said...

Thank you for framing in the budget a 5 year reauthorization with mandatory United States Forest Service funding.

I really celebrate this type of partnership between the goal of conservation and the practices of local ranchers.

I appreciate the administration putting forward the AUMF. I think it is our responsibility under our Constitution to wrestle with it.

I would like to see us put a timeframe on 2001, despite, as you point out, that there is an enduring threat.