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
Sen. Merkley slams ‘attempted coup’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Jan. 6, Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s office released the following statement after a mob, incited by President Trump, assaulted police officers and stormed the Capitol, and a group of Republican senators attempted to block the congressional certification of the Electoral College vote in the November
US House speaker, top Senate Democrat, Oregon delegates join growing calls to remove Trump from office
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has been joined by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in calling on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to remove him from office following Wednesday’s violent assault on the Capitol by the president’s supporters. Trump called the mob that swarmed the Capitol “very
“That is a coup”: Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley describes how a mob breached the nation’s Capitol
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley blamed chaos and violence that erupted in the nation’s capital squarely on President Donald Trump and other national leaders, faulting them for allowing disinformation to flourish and lead to the disturbance. A crowd broke into Congress and violently clashed with police as the nation’s lawmakers began
Merkley and Wyden Safely Evacuated From Capitol Amid Assault on Building by Trumpist Mob
Oregon’s two U.S. senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, were evacuated from the United States Capitol as they prepared to certify the results of the presidential election, as a seditionist mob backing President Donald Trump stormed the building. Both men are safe, their offices confirmed. Merkley, speaking from an undisclosed,
Oregon’s congressional delegation condemns ‘attempted coup’ in U.S. Capitol, recounts harrowing moments of mob violence
Oregon’s members of Congress expressed shock and disbelief Wednesday as a mob of violent protestors poured into the U.S. Capitol, forcing Congress and the vice president to flee. “It’s like a third-world country,” Rep. Suzanne Bonamici told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Someone has been shot in the Capitol. The Capitol windows have
MERKLEY MEETS WITH DHS SECRETARY NOMINEE
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, who claims he set off a national firestorm by shedding light on the child separation policy and what he called “other human rights abuses” being committed along the southern border, released a statement after a virtual meeting with Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Biden’s nominee to lead
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