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
Crisis in Ukraine: Russian invasion ‘a scary moment,’ says Sen. Merkley
“I am concerned,” Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley said of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “This is a scary moment because Russia’s protocols talk about escalating to tactical nuclear weapons if it’s needed to reinforce conventional efforts. That means it’s probably a policy option the Russian command and President Putin
OREGON SENATORS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM JUSTICE THOMAS
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have co-signed a letter with Senate and House colleagues to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts. A release said the lawmakers are demanding answers regarding Justice Thomas’s potential violation of federal ethics law, after last week’s reporting on
Merkley meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, met with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday and declared his support for her nomination. “Judge Jackson will bring much-needed diversity of lived experience and professional background to the Supreme Court,” he said, adding that he believes she “shares a commitment to
Global tensions, local impacts
As Russia and China explore a strong strategic alliance to challenge America’s global hegemony and the war in Ukraine stirs worries about a broader World War III conflict, lawmakers in Oregon and northern California are keeping a focus on trouble spots and the aftershocks of U.S. economic sanctions on Moscow.
US to declare Rohingya repression in Myanmar a ‘genocide’
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide,” U.S. officials said Sunday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to make the long-anticipated designation on Monday at an event at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, according to the officials who spoke on
Merkley: ‘Shame on us’ if US stops COVID funding
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – While cases of COVID-19 are dropping across the US, countries in Europe are once again beginning to see a rise. The BA.2 variant has driven a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in several countries around the world over the past few weeks, including China, Australia and much of
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