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
Los demócratas del Senado piden que se prohíba la perforación en alta mar en el Ártico
Un grupo de 10 demócratas del Senado y un independiente pidieron al Departamento del Interior que bloquee las perforaciones en alta mar en el Océano Ártico en su plan de perforación 2017-2022, en una carta enviada el viernes a la secretaria del Interior, Sally Jewell. Los senadores reconocieron que ya habían obtenido una victoria significativa cuando el departamento
Veterano local logra que VA actualice la línea directa de prevención del suicidio
Pushed by a local veteran, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., says he has helped convince the Department of Veterans Affairs to create an easier phone system for veterans seeking suicide prevention help. Merkley visited the VA’s Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics in White City today to discuss the high rates
Sen. Jeff Merkley Explains Why U.S. Needs New Regulation of Toxic Substances
Federal regulation is complicated, time-consuming and takes years to pass. Here’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) summarizing on the Senate floor last week why we need new and better laws. Quoted: “Current law has been completely, 100 percent dysfunctional for decades, leading to the exposure of our children, our babies,
El senador Jeff Merkley analiza las nominaciones a la Corte Suprema con profesores de la UO
A team of legal experts, including Oregon Senator Jeff Merkely and several UO faculty members, took on a discussion about the actions–or lack thereof–of the United States Senate at a panel meeting on Tuesday, May 31. Senator Merkely, along with James Mohr, a member of the University of Oregon History department, and
Merkley Lambastes Senate Republicans For Supreme Court Block
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley visited the University of Oregon campus today (Tuesday). He spoke to constitutional law students about the Senate’s refusal to hold hearings on the President’s Supreme Court nominee. Since the Civil War only once has there been a vacancy on the Supreme Court for more than a
Los demócratas del Senado avanzan para restaurar la orden ejecutiva de pago justo
Senate Democrats have moved to save the president’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order from a Republican attempt to impede it through the defense authorization process. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and 10 co-sponsors introduced an amendment May 26 that would remove language related to the executive order from the fiscal year
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