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
Questions for Senator Merkley
LABOR PRESS: 4,000 Americans are dying every day of COVID who didn’t have to die. 10 million are out of work. Global warming is melting the ice caps and contributing to superstorms and terrifying forest fires. We have the worst economic inequality in a century. There’s also a crime wave,
Oregon senators press Biden admin to act on Saudi Arabia’s role in fugitives fleeing U.S.
U.S Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are asking the Biden administration to take action against the government of Saudi Arabia for its suspected role in whisking its citizens out of the United States to escape criminal prosecution, renewing their years-long effort that the president’s predecessor rebuffed. “We urge you
Sen. Merkley: ‘We are starting a new chapter in America’
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, fresh from his own third-term victory, offered a mix of personal observations and political comments Wednesday, Jan. 20, after he watched Joe Biden take the oath as the nation’s 46th president. Outgoing Republican Donald Trump chose not to attend the ceremony, something Merkley said Trump should
Merkley Legislation to Renew Democracy, Take Big Money Out of Politics Will Be First Bill for New Majority; Merkley, Schumer, Klobuchar Announce that For the People Act will be S.1
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and incoming Chair of the Senate Rules Committee Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that the Senate Democratic majority’s first bill in the new Congress will be Merkley’s For the People Act, comprehensive legislation to strengthen and reform our democracy. The For
‘Today is cause for celebration and resolve’: Oregon leaders react to presidential inauguration of Biden, Harris
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday morning and Oregon leaders responded to the moment. Here’s a look at what they had to say: Gov. Kate Brown (D-Ore.): “Today marks a new chapter for our country as we welcome President Joseph R. Biden
‘A brighter future’: What Oregon’s leaders are saying about President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris
Gov. Kate Brown hailed the inauguration of Joe Biden as the nation’s 46th president and Kamala Harris as the first woman and first woman of color to serve as vice president, describing it as “an extraordinary moment.” Brown, a fellow Democrat, said she looked forward to working with the new administration to address the
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