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
Toxic armories cleanup must be priority in Pentagon budget, 10 senators say
Cleaning up lead dust in the National Guard’s toxic armories needs to be a priority in the Pentagon’s 2018 budget, a group of 10 senators, including Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, said Wednesday. Otherwise, the senators said, the neurotoxin will continue to pose dangers to the soldiers and communities who
West Coast senators lead bipartisan bid to save Sea Grant program from Trump
A key senior Republican senator has joined Democrats in seeking to save the National Sea Grant Program, used as a tool by the University of Washington and schools in 31 states to keep oceans healthy and fisheries sustainable. The $73 million program, important to coastal towns on the Atlantic, Pacific
Sen. Merkley: ‘We’re going to stop this attack on rural America’
PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, made a point Monday to try and win over President Donald Trump’s strongest base of supporters — rural Americans — by pointing out things in the president’s proposed budget that the senator says may hurt them. “He wants to cut the Coast Guard;
Portland VA to temporarily stop removing vets from caregiver program
Under pressure from Oregon’s congressional leaders, the Portland VA said Monday that it has temporarily stopped removing people from a program that pays spouses of disabled veterans to be caregivers. Daniel Herrigstad, a Portland VA spokesman, said the suspension affected one veteran whose eligibility was being actively reviewed. The halt
Merkley calls ‘nuclear option’ a ‘knife into the heart’ of the republic
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley didn’t mince words in attacking the change in rules put in place by Senate Republicans to push through the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, calling the move a “judicial coup.” Democratic lawmakers successfully filibustered the nomination Thursday morning, but it was a foregone conclusion.
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley Speaks All Night to Protest Gorsuch Nomination
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening and spoke through the night in protest of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, ending his marathon speech Wednesday morning. Mr. Merkley, a Democrat who was one of the earliest to come out in opposition to Judge Gorsuch
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