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
Democratic Senators Criticize Fintech-Charter Plan
WASHINGTON—Two top Senate Democrats voiced concerns Monday about the national bank regulator’s plan to offer a federal banking license to financial technology firms, questioning whether the agency had the authority to do so, among other things. In their letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Sens. Sherrod
Wyden y Merkley se unen al intento de prohibir permanentemente la perforación en alta mar
WASHINGTON – Los senadores Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, demócrata por Oregón, se unieron a sus colegas senadores de la Costa Oeste para presentar esta semana la Ley de Expansión de la Protección del Océano de la Costa Oeste para prohibir permanentemente la perforación en alta mar en la plataforma continental exterior de Oregón, Washington y California. La legislación, introducida por primera vez en 2010, modificaría la
Sen. Jeff Merkley joins Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders in aiming to block potential Muslim registry
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) along with eight of his Democratic colleagues on Friday introduced a bill that would prohibit President-elect Donald Trump from creating a Muslim registry. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is sponsoring the Protect American Families Act, which would ban the creation of any “immigration-related registry programs that
El senador Jeff Merkley presenta un proyecto de ley para bloquear el registro musulmán propuesto por Donald Trump
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and seven other Democratic Senators to introduce legislation that would block the establishment of the Muslim registry that President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly called for during his campaign. Called the Protect American Families Act, the legislation would prohibit the creation of
Democrats are already building a case against Trump’s pick to lead Treasury Department
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department is likely to face a contentious confirmation battle centered on his purchase of a failed subprime mortgage lender that repeatedly has been accused of wrongful foreclosures. The formal vetting process for Steven T. Mnuchin, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman
Los senadores piden al elegido de Trump por la EPA que revele sus conexiones con la industria energética
Los senadores demócratas del Comité de Medio Ambiente y Obras Públicas dicen que la elección de Donald Trump para dirigir la Agencia de Protección Ambiental debería revelar sus conexiones con expertos en energía antes de que comiencen sus audiencias de confirmación. En la carta fechada el martes, los senadores dijeron a Scott Pruitt, actual fiscal general de Oklahoma, que estaban preocupados por
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