Ron Wyden actually said...

"I do believe that we can reach a resolution of the issue that not only fixes the problem but is also politically tenable in the current fiscally constrained environment."

"I think everyone who looks at the challenge and Senator Murkowski and I talked about it a number of times over the years, knows that the Prevention Fund is getting shorted."

"first of all let me thank you and Senator Murkowski for all of the efforts that you've made with me through this Congress, our O and C legislation, which, of course, is a huge priority, the fire issue..."

"What we need is a long term, sustainable wild land fire budget framework that recognizes the unpredictability of fire and treats it as an emergency, like tornadoes and hurricanes."