Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I always find it fascinating, the word trust fund, and then it is raided for other things."

"Those ports and jetties are just absolutely essential to those communities."

"Thank you so much. I appreciate that you have that personal understanding of the situation and a sense that we should honor these obligations that we made when we undertook these big projects."

"Well, I just want to encourage continuing to take a look at that because I think a number of folks have noted it's a more powerful way to approach this."