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
As legal troubles mount, Wells Fargo sets aside more money to deal with fallout from accounts scandal
Wells Fargo’s legal troubles are building, the San Francisco bank confirmed on Thursday, noting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is now looking into its sham accounts scandal. The bank has struggled to contain the damage from its acknowledgement in September that thousands of its employees opened accounts customers didn’t ask for,
SEC Probing Wells Fargo Around Sales-Practice Disclosures
The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether Wells Fargo & Co. violated rules around investor disclosures and other matters relating to its recent sales tactics scandal, people familiar with the matter said. The SEC sent requests for information to the bank asking for documents in recent weeks, following three Democratic senators’ calls in late September for the SEC to
Twelve U.S. senators urge security rejection of China aluminum M&A deal
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Twelve U.S. senators urged on Wednesday that a national security review panel reject Chinese aluminum giant Zhongwang International Group Ltd’s proposed $2.3 billion purchase of U.S. aluminum products maker Aleris Corp . The senators asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in a letter to launch a
Cascade-Siskiyou monument to grow?
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wants the public’s views on expanding the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. A 2000 presidential proclamation formed the existing approximately 62,000-acre monument in Southern Oregon, southeast of Ashland. It covers Bureau of Land Management land where the Cascade, Siskiyou and Klamath mountain ranges converge. Oregon Sens. Merkley and
Northwest senators urge U.S. to pick Oregon for wave test center
U.S. senators from the Pacific Northwest have joined the push to convince the federal government to build the nation’s first grid-connected wave energy device test center off the Oregon coast. The four Democrats and two Republicans from Oregon, Washington and Alaska took their message late last week to Energy Secretary Ernest
Senators Invite More Public Comments on Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
US Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are inviting more public comments on their proposed expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Following last week’s public hearing in Ashland with the Deputy Secretary of the Interior, the senators are encouraging all interested parties not able to attend the hearing to submit
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