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 senadores quieren que la FDA regule los cigarrillos electrónicos: "Simplemente no han actuado"
EUGENE, Oregon – Los senadores estadounidenses, incluido Jeff Merkley de Oregon, están pidiendo a la FDA que cambie la regulación de los cigarrillos electrónicos. Por teléfono desde Washington, DC, Merkley le dijo a KVAL News que quiere tres cosas para el 25 de abril: Recipientes de nicotina líquida a prueba de niños Restricciones a la venta de nicotina en sabores atractivos
El recorte por discapacidad sería una "sentencia de muerte", dice el jefe del Seguro Social
La falla del Congreso en apuntalar el Fondo Fiduciario del Seguro de Discapacidad del Seguro Social sería una “sentencia de muerte” para sus beneficiarios, dijo el miércoles el comisionado interino de la Administración del Seguro Social. En una audiencia del Comité de Presupuesto del Senado centrada en el fondo, el senador Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) preguntó qué sucedería
'Mejor para las personas y los peces'
ASHLAND — Bear Creek’s wild coho salmon will get more water without siphoning it away from irrigators under a $1 million grant that will help jump-start what could become a massive restructuring of irrigation deliveries in the Bear Creek Basin. The federal Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $1 million to
Senators call for VA benefits for post-Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange
Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange on contaminated C-123 aircraft after the Vietnam War deserve compensation and benefits, and the Veterans Administration should stop denying them, a bipartisan group of senators led by North Carolina’s Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter on
Los legisladores presionan por regulaciones más estrictas sobre los cigarrillos electrónicos
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Un grupo de senadores estadounidenses está instando a la FDA a regular los cigarrillos electrónicos después de que un nuevo estudio supuestamente muestra que el “vapeo” puede contener altos niveles de formaldehído que causan cáncer. Un estudio de la Universidad Estatal de Portland afirma que niveles elevados de una forma oculta del cancerígeno formaldehído pueden
President’s 2016 budget would reinstate timber payments
WASHINGTON — The 2016 budget released Monday by the White House calls for the reauthorization of timber payments, funds sage grouse conservation efforts and treats the largest wildfires as natural disasters. The spending initiatives are all familiar to Central Oregon. The Secure Rural Schools program, which compensated timbered counties for
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