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MERKLEY, BLUMENAUER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS OF CANNABIS BANKING ACT

The SAFE Banking Act will be discussed in the Senate banking committee on Thursday Wednesday, May 10, 2023 By:  Lynne Terry Oregon Capital Chronicle Over the past eight years, two Oregon congressional members have pushed Congress to pass a law encouraging banks to work with cannabis companies, considered illegal businesses

CONNECT TO CONGRESS: SEN. MERKLEY ON OREGON GOP WALKOUT, FAGAN RESIGNATION

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 By:  Brandon Kamerman KVAL EUGENE, Ore. – Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) weighed in on the GOP walkout in the Oregon State Senate, which reached Day 7 on Tuesday. As a former Speaker of the Oregon House, Merkley said he was disappointed in the state Republicans, blasting their

USDA TO PLACE A $52 MILLION ORDER FOR OREGON SEAFOOD

Monday, May 8, 2023 By:  Gold Meadows KVAL Oregon lawmakers lead the way to the approval of $52 million to purchase Oregon seafood products. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden led the charge to have the products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for distribution to food assistance

DEMOCRATS PRESS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ON CLIMATE IMPACT OF LNG BUILDOUT

Monday, May 8, 2023 Reuters WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – Dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Monday called on the Biden administration to consider the climate and environmental justice impacts of the expansion of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The 44 lawmakers, including Senators Jeffrey Merkley, Edward Markey and Representatives

MERKLEY COSPONSORS BILL TO LOWER FEDERAL TAX BURDEN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES

Thursday, May 4, 2023 KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and John Boozman (R-AR), teamed up Thursday to introduce the bipartisan Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act, legislation to ensure that nurses in the federal Nurse Corps are not required to

MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES PRESS FDA FOR BAN ON MENTHOL CIGARETTES, FLAVORED CIGARS

On the one-year anniversary of FDA announcement of proposed rules to end the sale of menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and a ban on all flavors in cigars, lawmakers remain concerned about the timing, implementation, and enforcement of these rules. Wednesday, May 3, 2023 North Coast Citizen Oregon’s

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS URGE REVERSAL OF DISTRICT COURT RULING ON MIFEPRISTONE

Oregon’s six Democratic members of its congressional delegation joined the brief Tuesday, May 2, 2023 By:  Ariana Figueroa Oregon Capital Chronicle WASHINGTON – More than 250 congressional Democrats have filed a brief urging an appeals court to reverse a Texas federal judge’s decision to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval

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