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
Senate Democrats make democracy reform first bill of new majority
Senate Democrats are making a sweeping democracy reform package the first bill they plan to introduce after taking back the majority. Incoming Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and incoming Rules Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Tuesday that the first bill Senate Democrats will offer will be the For The People
Senate Democrats Announce First Order Of Business For New Majority: Fixing Democracy
After Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections, they introduced and passed the For the People Act as H.R. 1 — the first bill of their majority. It aimed to restore voting rights, reform campaign finance laws and enhance ethics enforcement. Senate Democrats have
WATCHDOG REPORT ON “ZERO TOLERANCE” LEADS TO CALLS FOR PROSECUTIONS, REPARATIONS
When faced with the heart-wrenching accounts of children systematically separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump administration officials routinely relied on the same defense: that the enforcement of their so-called zero tolerance policy did not aim to break up families. If those separations did happen, they often said, it
Merkley calls for prosecution of Trump officials after report on child separation policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has called for the investigation and prosecution of current and former Trump administration officials after the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General released “a disturbing report confirming that the Trump administration knew their zero tolerance policy would lead to family separations,” the
Senators secure funding for high-speed internet in Polk County
High-speed broadband is on its way to rural parts of Polk and Linn counties. Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced on Wednesday that PEAK Internet will receive $13.2 million in federal funds to help connect 5,265 people, 32 businesses, 13 farms and two public schools to high-speed broadband
Merkley praises House vote: ‘Donald Trump is completely unfit to be president’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon praised the House for voting to impeach President Trump for a second time. “Donald Trump is completely unfit to be president,” the Democrat from Oregon said, calling on the Senate to hold a trial as soon as possible. Merkley called the situation “the
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