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
Wyden, Merkley urge White House to include $4B in homeless assistance grants in FY23 budget
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., this week urged President Biden to include $4 billion in homeless assistance grants in his Fiscal Year 2023 budget so Oregon and the entire country can make additional progress towards sheltering unhoused people and ending homelessness. “Nationwide, nearly 600,000 people
DELEGATION REQUESTING FEDERAL HELP FOR THE PORT OF COOS BAY
Congressman Peter DeFazio, along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, have been joined by the rest of the members of the Oregon Congressional Delegation in a letter to President Biden requesting federal funds from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act be allocated towards a proposal to create a major
Warm Springs among 14 communities chosen to build cutting-edge energy storage capacity
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced this week that Warm Springs, Talent and Pendleton have been selected by federal officials to participate in a cutting-edge energy storage program to increase energy resilience in the face of increasingly dangerous weather events and a changing climate. “Building
Merkley on Ukraine: ‘They are resisting with everything they have’
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley says there is broad support in Washington for supporting Ukraine. The House sent a spending bill to the Senate that includes $14 billion in aid to help Ukraine respond to the Russian invasion. Merkley says the country is in dire need of anti-tank and
Sen. Merkley supports spending bill to send military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley says there is broad support in Washington for supporting Ukraine. The House sent a spending bill to the Senate that includes $14 billion in aid to help Ukraine respond to the Russian invasion. Merkley says the country is in dire need of anti-tank
Dems Introduce Windfall Tax on Big Oil So Companies ‘Pay a Price When They Price Gouge’
Congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced the bicameral Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to target price gouging by profit-gorging fossil fuel companies amid Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “We need to curb profiteering by Big Oil and provide relief to Americans at the gas pump-that starts with ensuring these
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