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
Merkley se une a colegas para presentar la resolución de la Declaración de Derechos de los Agricultores Bicamerales
WASHINGTON, DC — El Senador de Oregón Jeff Merkley anunció hoy que se unió al Senador de EE. UU. Cory Booker (D-NJ) y a las Representantes Deb Haaland (D-NM) y Chellie Pingree (D-ME) para presentar una resolución innovadora de la Declaración de Derechos de los Agricultores: que afirma los derechos de los agricultores familiares, ganaderos y comunidades agrícolas tradicionales en Oregón y en todo el
Merkley presiona a la administración para que elimine los recortes de Medicaid
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — El senador Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., exigió el jueves que la administración Trump revierta el curso de un cambio de regla propuesto que amenaza con quitarle los beneficios y la cobertura del Plan de Salud de Oregón a uno de cada cinco habitantes de Oregón que actualmente dependen del programa. . La nueva regla propone importantes recortes de fondos para
U.S. Lawmakers Nominate Hong Kong Protesters For Nobel Peace Prize
It isn’t easy to get politicians from the two main U.S. political parties to agree on much. One common area, however, is often U.S. policy toward China, and today a bipartisan group of American lawmakers released a letter nominating Hong Kong’s pro-democracy moment for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The
Federal crop insurance for hemp on the way
PORTLAND — Federal crop insurance for hemp is coming this year, though questions remain about what exactly will be covered under the new policies. Ben Thiel, Northwest regional director for the USDA Risk Management Agency, said rates for crop insurance are calculated using hard data such as market prices and
Democratic senators ask banks to prohibit funding Arctic drilling
A group of 15 Democratic senators wrote to 11 major banks last week asking them to ban funding oil and gas drilling or exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “The scale of your banks’ assets individually, let alone together, give you the ability to drive change in protecting the Arctic
Merkley se une a sus colegas en petición a la OMS por el coronavirus
El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, y el senador Todd Young (republicano por Indiana) han instado a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a declarar el brote internacional de coronavirus como una emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional (ESPII). Merkley y Young son los principales senadores del subcomité del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado que supervisa las instituciones multilaterales.
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