Jeff Merkley actually said...

"It is simply a situation where when we do exceed the account and have to shut down other programs, then even the removing the dead and dying trees, well, the prevention side gets robbed to pay the fir..."

"This program is zeroed out in the President's budget, which was quite a shock."

"Indian education is a particular concern. We spend more money per student by far than the national average and yet the results continue to lag behind."

"Our mills really are depending on the public trees because the private trees are being exported to Japan and to China."