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
Congress sends wildfire aid funding, tied to Harvey relief, to President Trump
Update, 9/8: The U.S. House agreed to Senate amendments to the disaster aid package, and it now heads to President Trump for a signature. — The U.S. Senate passed legislation Thursday that ensures the Forest Service and other federal agencies can pay for fighting wildfires through the 2017 season. That language
Senate panel votes to fund UN climate agency
A Senate committee voted Thursday to contribute $10 million to the United Nations’ climate change agency. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 16 to 14 to approve an amendment by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to restore funding for the U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change in the State Department appropriations bill. The payments
Western Wildfire Funding Attached To Hurricane Harvey Relief Bill
Emergency aid to help victims of Hurricane Harvey now also includes additional money to fight wildfires in Oregon and other western states. The U.S. Senate on Thursday added provisions replenishing the U.S. Forest Service’s budget for the rest of this fire season. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said it should amount to
News Roundtable | Senator Jeff Merkley
We’re joined by Kevin Mannix, Barbara Dudley and Christopher McKnight Nichols to discuss some of the big stories of the week on our news roundtable. Oregon’s junior Sen. Jeff Merkley, joins us to talk about his recent trip to the Korean peninsula, his take on President Trump’s plans for the war in Afghanistan, and more.
Merkley, back from S. Korea, urges stronger sanctions, diplomacy
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Subcommittee on East Asia, on Friday called for stronger sanctions and focused diplomacy to address the crisis with North Korea. Merkley returned late Thursday night from a weeklong trip to South Korea, Japan and China with a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers,
Heading to Korea, Sen. Merkley cites ‘extraordinary risk of potential war’
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and five other members of Congress embarked Thursday on a week-long diplomatic mission to Asia to ease tensions with North Korea. They hope to aide peacekeeping efforts in a region marred by nuclear proliferation and escalating brinksmanship. “At this moment, the relationship between the United States
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