Jeff Merkley actually said...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

I echo everything that Senator Wyden said about the importance of taking advantage of biofuels in our overgrown second growth forests.

Biomass holds a lot of potential as a clean source of energy, but we want to make sure that it is harvested in a sustainable way.

So when you come from a community, a State like Jeff Merkley and I do where the Federal Government owns much of the land, this is a very rea...