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
Merkley to hold virtual town hall meeting March 3
Grant County residents will have a chance to ask U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley questions in a virtual town hall on March 3 at 4 p.m. Jessica Keys, Merkley’s Eastern Oregon field representative and natural resources liaison, said a town hall will be held using a technology platform called Webex, allowing
Committee set to become energy, environment battleground
The Senate Democratic takeover and several retirements will make the Appropriations Committee fertile ground over the next two years for some of the sharpest debates over President Biden’s energy and environmental agenda. Nine of 12 subcommittee chairs (cardinals in Washington-speak) will be new party leaders on their respective panels. In
Merkley says impeachment trial is ‘constitutional responsibility’
Senators were focused as they considered evidence this week in the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, according to Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. “The mood was very somber, and very focused. Virtually all of us had been in that chamber on the day of the assault,” the Democratic
Wyden and Merkley unleash a flood of wild and scenic river designations
ENTERPRISE — Northeast Oregon is wild, scenic and recreational. If a new bill in the U.S. Senate becomes law, more local streams will officially become Wild, Scenic or Recreational, too. Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, cosponsored the River Democracy Act of 2021, which would add
Trump censure within ‘realm of possibility’ if impeachment fails: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Wednesday on ABC News’ “Powerhouse Politics” podcast that if Senate Democrats cannot get 17 Republican votes to impeach former President Donald Trump, a 60-vote censure proposal is a possibility. “It seems extremely difficult if you don’t get two-thirds to convict, can you get 60 to close debate
Merkley praises Biden action to reunite separated children
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has praised President Joe Biden’s latest executive order that seeks to reunite children separated from their migrant families at the border with Mexico under a now-revoked policy instituted by former President Donald Trump. The Oregon Democrat drew national attention to that “zero-tolerance” policy for unauthorized border
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