Jeff Merkley actually said...

A number of colleagues have raised the question of environmental justice, and I am so glad it is becoming part of the regular discussion.

Well, that is pretty important. And I was very struck that almost half your workforce is retirement-eligible in just 5 years.

After 10 years of painful budget caps, EPA's budget today is 25 percent lower in real dollars, than its fiscal year 2010 funding level.

Last summer, devastating wildfires incinerated several of the towns in my home State of Oregon, destroying hundreds of homes, leveling busin...