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 mueve para bloquear la guerra 'no autorizada' con Irán
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement Thursday regarding the current situation with Iran and the Senate’s debate of the National Defense Authorization Act. Merkley is teaming up with Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) to push for a proposed amendment
Las partes se unen para promover el proyecto de ley de sanciones de Myanmar
Bipartisan lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee joined forces Thursday to advance legislation slapping new sanctions on Myanmar’s military regime for its violent purge of ethnic minorities. The proposal, sponsored by Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), is designed to punish Myanmar’s leaders for their long-running campaign of brutality and displacement
La administración Trump revoca la decisión de poner fin al programa Job Corps del Servicio Forestal
Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is reversing its decision to end the US Forest Service program that trains low-income, rural students how to respond to national emergencies, after bipartisan backlash from Congress. In a letter to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta back in May, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced his agency’s intent to “terminate
Merkley anuncia que la administración Trump mantendrá abiertos los CCC
Merkley Announces Trump Administration Will Keep CCCs Open, including one near Yachats. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a conversation with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that federal Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) Job Corps sites, including the one near Yachats, will remain open and operated by the
Los centros de Job Corps permanecerán abiertos
Los líderes federales han revocado la decisión de cerrar nueve sitios de Job Corps del Centro de Conservación Civil y transferir centros adicionales para contactar a los operadores. Luego de una conversación con el secretario de Agricultura, Sonny Perdue, el miércoles 19 de junio, el senador Jeff Merkley anunció que los centros permanecerían abiertos bajo la operación del Departamento Forestal de EE. UU.
Bajo la presión de la delegación de Oregón, la administración Trump revoca la decisión de cerrar los centros de capacitación laboral del Servicio Forestal
El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley (D-Oregón) anunció hoy que los programas de capacitación vocacional del Servicio Forestal de EE. UU. para jóvenes desfavorecidos no se cerrarán. Eso significa que nueve Centros de Conservación Civil en todo el país, incluido uno en Estacada, Oregón, continuarán enseñando a los estudiantes habilidades para el manejo de incendios forestales y el trabajo rural. Y, los CCC restantes que no
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