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
Wyden and Merkley Ask Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Crack Down on Hate Crimes
Oregon’s two U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, today wrote to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking that her agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, address the reported increase in hate crimes and hate incidents. Here’s an excerpt from their letter:
Sen. Jeff Merkley Says Donald Trump Will “Fill the Swamp With Swamp Monsters”
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) wasted no time in pushing back against President-elect Donald Trump. On Nov. 17, Merkley took to the Senate floor to implore Trump to dump Stephen Bannon, the former Breitbart News chairman whom Trump named his chief strategist. “Don’t bring white supremacists or deeply prejudiced individuals into your
Wyden, Merkley urge Obama to permanently ban offshore oil drilling
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass, wrote to President Obama, urging him to exercise his authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently withdraw the West Coast from
Democrats demand President-elect Trump rescind Steve Bannon’s White House appointment
At least 120 House Democrats have signed a letter demanding President-elect Donald Trump rescind his appointment of Breitbart News chief Steve Bannon as chief strategist. The effort was led by Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline, while Democrats in the Senate have also spoken out. Cicilline is reportedly circulating the letter, which
Sen. Merkley denounces Trump’s ‘white nationalist’ appointment, Bannon, to top post
Oregon’s junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley denounced president-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Stephen Bannon, a man with ties to the alt-right movement and white nationalism, to a top post in Trump’s administration. “There should be no sugarcoating the truth here: Donald Trump just invited a white nationalist into the highest
Democrats Condemn ‘White Nationalist’ Bannon’s Appointment
Democratic members of Congress are calling for President-elect Donald Trump to rescind his appointment of conservative news executive Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon was among one of the first lawmakers to condemn the appointment in a statement Monday. “There should be no sugarcoating the
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