Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.

I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do not come with a rigid ideology in my heart - or a soul that tells me to go it alone. I do not come to uproot tradition - or to be imprisoned by it.

I hope I never have to use it. But if I do, it may make the difference between life and death for me and my family.

a new beginning for this region and for this company.