Jeff Merkley actually said...

Funding for the Forest Service is a perfect example of why we need to invest in non-defense spending, to defend our communities from wildfir...

The world needs American leadership and to lead we have to have the power of our example.

I feel strongly that if we want to build a safer, more competitive country, we can't give up on the need to invest right here at home.

Thank you, Senator. You timed it just perfectly.