I don?t know where the votes are, |
I'm as frustrated as citizens are that the Legislature didn't get more done, ... Senate Democrats passed a number of good bills on issues that Oregonians support, but the House Republicans chose to kill them. |
If we hadn't fought for them, our schools would have received an amount so low it would have again required cutting calendar days and other devastating cuts, |
Senate Democrats fulfilled our commitment to help children first, and we did so while also fighting meth, helping seniors, improving health care - especially for those with mental illness - and making government more open and accessible, |
That?s a pretty close vote as it is, ... I?d like to have a little more in my pocketbook in case something goes wrong. |
We discovered that members were being deprived of an important opportunity to ask questions and speak freely among themselves. Families have curtains for a reason, and that is to provide them with a certain level of privacy as they develop relationships. The same can be true of a caucus. |
We don't know who the family is. We have no interest in knowing. It's beside the point. It's a terrible tragedy. It's done now. We hope that if one decent thing comes out of this it's that someone else pays attention the next time around. |