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
COP26: Markey-Merkley bill would block big banks from throwing money at more fossil fuel projects
The Fossil Free Finance Act, sponsored by Democratic Sens. Ed Markey (Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.), would require the Federal Reserve to impose new restrictions on major banks and other systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) to cut off funding for projects that produce planet-heating emissions. “In order to reduce emissions
“Don’t be on the sidelines”: Sen. Jeff Merkley addresses threats to American democracy
Increasing polarization, social media, the corruption of elections and paralysis of the Senate are major threats to American democracy according to Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) ’79, who spoke at a Tuesday Democracy Day event hosted by Stanford in Government. Merkley hails from a small town in rural Oregon, and he said
Bill seeks to curb fossil fuel projects
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) introduced last week legislation to address international financial institutions financing fossil fuel projects, which the legislators maintain is expediting climate chaos. The Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2021 prioritizes the transition to global clean and renewable energy sources via
Merkley announces key funding for nurses, educators in Appropriations Committee bill
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley recently announced key provisions in education and health care in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill that will fund programs that support frontline health care workers and educators, who have suffered through the strain of a global pandemic for nearly two years.
Merkley secures funding for scientific research, public safety in appropriations committee bill
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced Friday, Oct. 22, key provisions in the Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill that will fund critical programs supporting economic development, research, and the safety of vulnerable populations in communities across Oregon. The bill is the basis for negotiations with the House, as Congress
Senators Wyden, Merkley call for inspector general investigation of Oregon’s Chemawa Indian School
Oregon’s only federally-run boarding school for Native American students may soon face a federal investigation at the urging of the state’s U.S. senators. In a pointed letter to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Interior, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats from Oregon, lay out a
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