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
Downtown Portland mental health center for homeless opening in fall
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Millions of federal dollars are going into a new behavioral health resource center in downtown Portland to help the homeless. Multnomah County bought the building on Southwest Park Avenue and the parking lot next door for $5 million and is spending millions more on renovating it.
Members of Congress increasingly receptive to stock trading ban
Members of Congress may soon be barred from trading stocks while in office as bipartisan support for a stock trading ban continues to grow. Across both sides of the aisle, more than 125 lawmakers have sponsored or co-sponsored at least one piece of legislation aiming to ban individual stock trading
Other views: Legislation offers chance to enjoy diverse array of fish, wildlife
Wildlife conservation efforts across the United States are at a critical point. More than one-third of American species are at-risk of extinction and in need of proactive recovery. The Oregon Conservation Strategy, developed with the best available science, identifies 294 at-risk Oregon species and provides recommendations on how best to
Wyden, Merkley vote to confirm Jackson for Supreme Court
Oregon’s U.S. senators, both Democrats, voted with the majority to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Three Republicans joined all 48 Democrats and the two independents who vote with Democrats for the confirmation Thursday, April 7 The following is a statement from Sen. Jeff
U.S. Senators agree to extend summer meal programs for kids
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two U.S. Senators are co-sponsoring a bill to extend summer meal programs that provide food for kids. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation that would extend federal school meal flexibilities for children in Oregon and nationwide until September 30, 2023.
House panel to grill USPS on plan to buy gas-guzzling trucks
A key House panel announced plans Thursday to question senior U.S. Postal Service officials about the agency’s decision to buy as many as 148,000 gas-guzzling mail delivery trucks despite directives from the Biden administration to green the federal fleet and opposition from top environmental regulators. The House Oversight and Reform
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