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 holds roundtable on prescription drug prices
PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, says he’s working to lower the cost of prescription drugs and on Monday, he held a roundtable discussing how prices have affected Oregonians. Meals on Wheels hosted the meeting. Merkley was joined by medical professionals and people who say they can’t afford their
New Trump administration rule would let feds detain immigrant children indefinitely
The Trump administration unveiled a new rule Wednesday that allows the government to detain children until they can be deported, stripping away current legal protections for youths and possibly leading to indefinite detention. The rule would gut the so-called Flores settlement, a 22-year-old federal court agreement that requires that children
Senate Democrats Vow to Fight Reopening of For-Profit ‘Child Prison’ Homestead
The nation’s largest detention center built to house unaccompanied immigrant children officially shut its doors earlier this month—but not for long. In a report last week, the Trump administration indicated it is planning to reopen the center as soon as six weeks from now, leading immigrant rights advocates and members
Merkley denounces Trump rollback of Wall Street reform
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who co-authored the Volcker Rule with former Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., released the following statement Tuesday after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation voted to pass a new rulemaking he said is designed to gut the Volcker Rule, with other Trump administration financial regulators expected to follow suit soon. Merkley said
Stop price gouging on prescription drugs
Every year, I hold a town hall in every Oregon county. From coast to grasslands, gorge to high desert, blue to red, there is one consistent issue that Oregonians ask me to address: the price of prescription drugs. Albert, in Linn County, pays $800 per dose for his wife’s immunosuppressant
Senate Dem seeks answers from DHS on reports of pregnant asylum seekers sent back to Mexico
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Friday asked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to clarify reports that pregnant asylum-seekers have been forced to wait out their immigration cases in Mexican border cities. Merkley wrote DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, asking why six late-term pregnant women were included in the Migrant Protection Protocols
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