Portland–President George W. Bush told an enthusiastic crowd Saturday that he empathizes with the plight of Oregon’s Klamath basin farmers and ranchers impacted by the federally-mandated shut off of irrigation water last summer.
Speaking before some 2000 Oregonians at Parkrose High School in Northeast Portland, President Bush said he and Senator Gordon Smith and Rep. Greg Waldon spent time during their journey from California to Oregon talking about the problem and possible solutions.
“I am…