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
Sen. Merkley on Trump’s border plan: ’21-foot ladder defeats a 20-foot wall’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is calling Trump’s border wall plan a waste of “scarce resources,” after the President said Wednesday that the wall will be built within “months.” READ MORE: Trump says border wall construction will begin in ‘months,’ US taxpayers to be reimbursed Trump Wednesday signed two
Los demócratas del Congreso de Oregón piden a Trump que descongele los fondos de la EPA
Los demócratas del Congreso de Oregón enviaron una carta al presidente Donald J. Trump el miércoles, pidiéndole que descongelara los contratos y subvenciones de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental, y al mismo tiempo le pidieron al presidente que permitiera al personal de la agencia hablar con los medios y responder a las consultas del Congreso. Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley firmaron el
Sen. Jeff Merkley to Portland demonstrators: ‘We need your involvement now more than ever’
More than 100 people rallied outside Sen. Jeff Merkley’s downtown Portland office Tuesday, thanking the senator for his opposition to some of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and voicing their disdain for the president’s picks. Merkley was expecting the demonstrators, and his state director read a statement on his behalf
Merkley critica la decisión de Trump de permitir oleoductos
El senador Jeff Merkley, demócrata por Oregón, emitió una declaración muy crítica el martes después de que el presidente Trump firmara una orden ejecutiva que, según el legislador, estaba diseñada para “atravesar” los oleoductos Keystone XL y Dakota Access. “Los oleoductos propuestos Keystone XL y Dakota Access han inspirado una oposición popular sin precedentes, y por una buena razón:
Sen. Jeff Merkley Pins Down Trump’s Nominee For Top Budget Post on “Alternative Facts”
Today the Senate Budget Committee grilled U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget. As an aide held up photos of the crowd from the 2009 inauguration of former President Barack Obama and the 2017 Trump inauguration, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley
Cinco conclusiones de la audiencia de Pruitt ante la EPA
Los demócratas no tienen los votos para impedir la confirmación de Scott Pruitt, pero en su audiencia del miércoles señalaron que buscarán dañarlo políticamente tanto como sea posible. Pruitt fue criticado por su historial como fiscal general de Oklahoma, incluida su recaudación de fondos de compañías de combustibles fósiles y demandas contra el
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