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 proyecto de ley del senador pondría a EE. UU. en el camino de la energía limpia 100% para 2050
El senador Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) presentará un proyecto de ley este otoño para poner a Estados Unidos en el camino de obtener el 100 por ciento de su energía de fuentes de energía limpia, anunció el senador en un foro en St. Louis esta mañana. Merkley hizo el anuncio en la conferencia Netroots Nation 2016, diciendo
Oregon lawmakers introduce national vote-by-mail bill
WASHINGTON – With the goal of making voting easier and more accessible to all Americans, three Oregon lawmakers introduced a bill to expand Oregon’s vote-by-mail system nationwide. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Representative Earl Blumenauer, introduced the Vote By Mail Act, along with Rep. David Cicilline of
A Month After Mosier Derailment, New Rules To Improve Safety Of Oil Trains
More than a month after a Union Pacific Railroad oil train derailed and caught fire in the Columbia River Gorge, rules are in the works to increase the safety of oil by rail. On the same day the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed rules requiring railroads to improve their spill response planning and transparency, Oregon
Merkley, Wyden introduce legislation aimed at oil trains (photos)
Federal rail investigators would have the power to respond to major derailments by halting new oil shipments until full investigations are completed under legislation introduced Wednesday by Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. The Democratic senators also are seeking $2 million to help pay for new investigators, while requiring
Los senadores apuntan al 'dragón de muchas cabezas' de la negación del cambio climático
¿WASHINGTON? Antes de que la atención nacional se centre en las convenciones de los partidos políticos, un grupo de demócratas del Senado tomó la palabra esta semana para enfrentar al “dragón de muchas cabezas” que niega el cambio climático. El esfuerzo, que comenzó el lunes, tiene como objetivo denunciar a más de 30 organizaciones diferentes que están “cooptadas
Democrats Say Government, Contractors Shouldn’t Be Exempt From Robocall Rule
Ten Senate Democrats want to know how the Federal Communications Commission and the Office of Management and Budget “intend to help protect consumers from receiving intrusive robocalls from the federal government and its contractors” following a recent FCC decision to exempt the government from those rules. “We are concerned that consumers
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