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
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley Sits Down with Newswatch12 Today
MEDFORD, Ore. — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley sat down with Newswatch 12 Saturday morning to talk about wildfires, the 2020 presidential election, the shootings in San Diego and his town halls in Jackson and Josephine County. Newswatch 12 reporter Leah Thompson says, “I’m sitting here with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley.
Senator Jeff Merkley visits Jackson and Josephine Counties for town hall meeting
MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley held town halls in both Jackson and Josephine Counties Saturday. He updated constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and answered questions about tackling the challenges facing Oregon and America. “A number of my bills have flowed from ideas that were raised
Merkley Wants To Outlaw Cameras On Airplane Entertainment Systems
In February, a passenger on a Singapore Airlines flight noticed something that made him uneasy: a small camera, facing directly at him from the in-flight entertainment system. Since then, airlines have confirmed that cameras and microphones are being installed on some planes. They say the devices are permanently disabled, and no actual
Find out why Oregon’s junior Democratic U.S. senator says it’s ‘important to talk’
ONTARIO — About three dozen locals gathered Wednesday at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall as U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., stopped in Ontario during his latest town hall tour. According to Merkley, he’s been to almost 400 town halls overall. The community meeting was bookended by Vale High School seniors Grace Jacobs
Merkley talks immigration and “climate chaos” in Pendleton
The audience for Jeff Merkley’s Thursday town hall was sitting at the Pendleton Early Learning Center, but for some of them, their minds were more than 1,000 miles away at the U.S-Mexican border. Rather than ask Oregon’s junior senator a question, a woman in the audience used her time to
Airplane seat cameras: US senators demand answers
(CNN) — Concerns about cameras fitted to airplane seats have prompted two US senators to propose a bill to prevent in-flight entertainment with cameras — and they’ve demanded that airlines clarify how the devices are used. Senator Jeff Merkley — the Oregon Democrat who recently announced his decision not to run for
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