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
Roseburg VA addresses backlog issue
VA Roseburg Healthcare System officials say the facility has already taken steps to speed up the conducting of physical exams needed by veterans requesting disability benefits in the wake of a federal audit that reported long delays. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have called for an expedited investigation
Senators Unveil Bill to Ban Banks’ High-Risk Trades
WASHINGTON — Two senators introduced legislation Wednesday echoing calls from the Obama administration to bar taxpayer-insured banks and their affiliates and subsidiaries from engaging in proprietary trading. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.) and Carl Levin (D., Mich.), is designed to “make banking boring again,” according to
Merkley, Wyden ask feds for rapid, coordinated effort in drought-stricken Klamath
WASHINGTON – Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden begged the federal government Tuesday for “immediate and coordinated” assistance to help Klamath Basin farmers and the environment cope with a drought of “historic magnitude.” The plea came in a joint letter to three cabinet secretaries whose agencies have direct involvement
Wyden, Merkley join effort to abolish the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy
WASHINGTON – Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley Wednesday joined a growing effort on Capitol Hill to force the military to end its controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for gays, arguing that abolishing the standard brings both equality to the armed forces and improved national security. Wyden was
Merkley calls consumer protection plan inadequate
WASHINGTON — Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley added his name today to a bipartisan chorus criticizing a Senate proposal giving the Federal Reserve power to police banks and other financial institutions from abusing consumers. In a statement and in comments on the latest proposal from Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Merkley said
Financial reform bill hangs on consumer protection
Liberal senators and advocacy groups cautioned Thursday that they would not support a compromise on financial reform legislation unless it sufficiently empowered a proposed federal regulator to protect consumers of mortgages, credit cards and other loans. The chairman of the Senate banking committee, Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), and the White
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