Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
LAWMAKERS APPLAUD PASSAGE OF ‘CRITICAL FIX’ FOR KLAMATH BASIN WATER WORRIES
A “critical fix” for the ongoing water worries in the Klamath Basin has now passed both chambers of Congress, lawmakers announced on Thursday. The House companion to an earlier Senate bill has been approved and will now head to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law. The bill is a modification
Congress frees up $10 million for Project drought relief
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment of the 2000 Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act on Thursday, which will better distribute $10 million in funding every year to drought relief efforts in the Klamath Basin. The bill passed the Senate in June and is headed to President Trump’s
Solar array makes Hermiston RV park first of its kind
The new Panelview RV Park near Hermiston is the first of its kind to provide solar shade canopy solar arrays, meaning on a sunny day more energy could be produced than a motorhome can use. The 147-kilowatt solar array system will generate an estimated 226,357 kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity per
Merkley presenta proyecto de ley para proteger el seguro médico de los trabajadores desempleados durante el COVID-19
El senador Jeff Merkley, demócrata de Oregón, junto con 14 demócratas del Senado, presentó la Ley de Protección de la Cobertura de Salud de los Trabajadores, un proyecto de ley que protegería a millones de trabajadores desempleados o suspendidos de perder su seguro médico al permitirles acceder a cobertura COBRA subsidiada y mantener su seguro. El proyecto de ley proporcionaría un 100
El proyecto de ley Merkley proporcionaría ayuda a las familias afectadas por desastres naturales y crisis económicas.
El senador Jeff Merkley (D-OR) dijo el lunes que se ha asociado con el senador Brian Schatz (D-HI) para presentar la Ley de Asistencia en Efectivo en Crisis Familiar, legislación que crearía un programa nuevo y permanente para ayudar a las familias que luchan por superar una crisis natural. desastre o crisis económica con asistencia inmediata en efectivo. Como ha dejado claro la pandemia de COVID-19, la comunicación directa
Los senadores presionan a FEMA para que actúe rápidamente después de los incendios forestales de Oregón
Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón dicen que presionarán a la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias y a otras entidades para que intensifiquen sus esfuerzos para ayudar a las personas y empresas que perdieron sus propiedades o las vieron dañadas por los recientes incendios forestales que arrasaron el estado después del Día del Trabajo. Los senadores Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley concluyeron
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