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
The most powerful moment of the Whitaker hearing had nothing to do with Mueller
The most powerful moment during Matthew Whitaker’s testimony before Congress had nothing to do with the point of the hearing, which was supposed to be about whether he’s interfering in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Instead, the moment came when Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) asked Whitaker about his involvement in
The Migrants Who Were on TIME’s Cover Will Attend the State of the Union
Lawmakers have long used their plus-one invitations to the annual State of the Union address to send political messages to the President, and this year is no different. Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren invited federal workers who saw their paychecks delayed as a result of the longest shutdown in government history. Sen. Kirsten
Separated migrant families on Trump’s State of the Union: ‘We do not deserve all the damage’
Families seeking asylum in the United States who were separated by the Trump administration said that while they are honored to attend the State of the Union speech before Congress on Tuesday evening, seeing the president will remind them of their recent suffering. “It’s an honor to be able to attend,” Yeni
Oregon’s Merkley and Wyden seek to punish Saudi Arabia over students who vanished before trial
Oregon’s U.S. senators on Friday introduced a pair of bills targeting foreign consulates that help their citizens escape criminal prosecution in the U.S., a response to revelations that the Saudi Arabian government provided assistance to students who ran afoul of the law and fled before trial. Citing an Oregonian/OregonLive investigation, Jeff Merkley
Democratic senator to bring mother and child separated at the border to State of the Union
Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon announced Friday that he will bring a mother and daughter who were separated at the US-Mexico border last year as guests for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week. The decision is intended to “highlight the human suffering caused by
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley seeks to end predatory robocalls
COOS COUNTY — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is going after robocalls that are scamming people out of money and identities. In a press release on Wednesday, Jan. 23, Merkley put pressure on the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, questioning whether enough is being done to protect consumers from “predatory robocalls, including
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