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
El programa de ayuda se dirige a los productores agrícolas afectados por el humo
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon vintners who were impacted by the wildfires last year may get some relief. U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Wednesday that money has been earmarked in the federal disaster relief package for agricultural producers impacted by natural disasters and weather. It includes an estimated
Merkley: FDA e-cigarettes move ‘outrageously overdue’
WASHINGTON – (Update: Merkley reacts to FDA move on flavored e-cigarettes) Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Food and Drug Administration, released the following statement after the FDA announced that it is temporarily pulling all flavored e-cigarette products from the market: “This action
U.S. Senate demands answers on vaping illness epidemic as Trump and feds promise action
Nearly a quarter of the U.S. Senate blasted federal health authorities Wednesday for what they said was a consistent failure to regulate e-cigarettes, urging aggressive steps to stem the ongoing crisis of severe lung illnesses connected to vaping. Led in part by Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, 23 senators said in a
A Heavily Pregnant Migrant Crossed the U.S. Border Experiencing Contractions. American Doctors Stopped Her Labor, Then Sent Her Back to Mexico
(MATAMOROS, Mexico) — Eight-and-a-half-months pregnant and experiencing contractions, an El Salvadoran woman crossed the Rio Grande — only to be apprehended by Border Patrol. She was not allowed to stay. Agents took her to the hospital, where doctors gave her medication to stop the contractions. And then, according to the woman
SE ANUNCIA MÁS DE $7.8 MILLONES EN FINANCIACIÓN PARA PROGRAMAS DE TRATAMIENTO CON OPIOIDES
Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, han anunciado que más de $7.8 millones en subvenciones federales apoyarán los esfuerzos para tratar y prevenir la adicción a los opiáceos. Un comunicado de los Senadores dijo que la adicción es uno de los problemas más apremiantes del estado, ya que las comunidades de todo el estado enfrentan una
Kingsley podría perder $10 millones por la financiación del muro, dice el senador Merkley
El senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, condenó el miércoles la decisión de la Administración Trump de financiar un muro fronterizo tomando miles de millones de dólares de fondos de los proyectos del Pentágono, incluidos más de $10 millones para Kingsley Field en Klamath Falls. Merkley está disgustado por la completa indiferencia de la Administración Trump no
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