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
House passes bill expanding nursing mother workplace accommodation requirements
The House passed a bill Friday to expand federal requirements that employers provide break time and accommodations for nursing mothers to pump breast milk in a private, nonbathroom space. Dubbed the PUMP for Working Mothers Act, the bipartisan legislation led by Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York and Republican Rep.
Paris Hilton lobbies for bill to regulate abusive youth facilities
Paris Hilton spoke on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby for a bill aimed at cracking down on abuse in facilities for troubled teens. Driving the news: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is writing a “Bill of Rights” that would guarantee children in youth facilities have the right to call their parents,
Oregon’s US senators focus on Warm Springs reservation in fight over infrastructure spending
Where safe running water isn’t a given, federal officials are tying solutions to embattled spending bills. Democratic senators from Oregon brought officials with the Biden administration to rural Central Oregon last week – thousands of miles from the political fight in Washington, D.C., – to tour neglected water systems on
Democrats Weigh Carbon Tax After Manchin Rejects Key Climate Provision
WASHINGTON – Some House and Senate Democrats, smarting from a move by Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, to kill a major element of President Biden’s climate plan, are switching to Plan B: a tax on carbon dioxide pollution. A carbon tax, in which polluting industries would pay
Gov. Brown, Sen. Merkley tour South Obenchain burn scar, talk proposed bipartisan bill
SOUTHERN OREGON, Ore. – After touring the burn scar from the South Obenchain fire on Thursday, Governor Kate Brown, Senator Jeff Merkley and other state and federal officials discussed how the infrastructure bill could help mitigate fire incidents in the future. The proposed $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act, which
Sen. Merkley speaks on short-term deal to avert governoment shutdown
The big story on Capitol Hill this week is the debt ceiling showdown between Democrats in Republicans. Last week, the two parties drafted a short-term deal to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debts, averting a self-inflicted government crisis, for now. “It’s absolutely essential to maintaining the credit of
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