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: Politics should stand aside when children’s health at risk
This year has been one of stark partisanship, with rhetoric from both sides of the aisle seeking to stress differences between Democrats and Republicans. But one thing I thought we all could agree on is that we need to do everything we can to look out for our children. I
Oregon tribal restoration bill unanimously passes through Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill to place thousands of acres of federal lands into the hands of Oregon Native American tribes passed through the U.S. Senate and is headed for President Donald Trump’s desk. The Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act is bipartisan legislation created to address western Oregon tribal priorities.
Democrats block dozens of Trump nominees
About 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees have been kicked back to the White House, prolonging an unusually high number of vacancies across his administration and escalating the Senate’s long-running nomination wars. While the Senate agreed to keep roughly 150 of Trump’s picks for consideration next year, it refused to
Oregon senator’s identity stolen to make comment in favor of repealing Net Neutrality
EUGENE, Ore. – As the Federal Communications Commission weighed whether to repeal Obama-era Net Neutrality rules, an Oregonian filed a comment online in support of scrapping the rules. “The FCC’s Net Neutrality rules were written in the Obama White House by political staff and Tech Industry special interests who overruled
Jeff Merkley says someone impersonated him to weigh in against net neutrality
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said on Monday that someone used his identity to submit fake comments against net neutrality to the Federal Communications Commission. “Turns out someone impersonated me during the … comment period – further proof of forged comments in this process,” Merkley wrote in a tweet. “We need
Dem senator: Trump’s comments about a Flynn pardon ‘just wrong’
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Friday that President Trump‘s refusal to rule out a potential pardon for former national security adviser Michael Flynn was “just wrong.” “It certainly does seem inappropriate,” Merkley said on CNN. “I mean, to talk about a pardon for somebody who is in the middle of working with the FBI, cooperating with
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