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Merkley, Wyden Announce Major Funding From New Infrastructure Law for Tillamook Bay, Surrounding Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After many years of advocacy on behalf of Tillamook Bay, where infrastructure problems at the Port of Garibaldi impact local residents, commercial fisherman, and tourists, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced the allocation of $62 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Restore the Senate Code to Protect Americans’ Fundamental Rights
Floor Speech, 01/19/2022 Mr. President, I compliment my colleagues from Maine and Georgia for engaging in perhaps the most substantive exchange I have ever witnessed in 13 years here in the Senate. Earlier this evening, one of my colleagues from across the aisle said: Why are we going
RESTORE THE SENATE CODE TO PROTECT AMERICANS’ FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Floor Speech, 01/19/2022 Mr. President, I compliment my colleagues from Maine and Georgia for engaging in perhaps the most substantive exchange I have ever witnessed in 13 years here in the Senate. Earlier this evening, one of my colleagues from across the aisle said: Why are
GOP Lawmakers Press NBC to Address Human Rights in Olympics Coverage
Two top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are pressing NBC executives about how they will use the company’s coverage of next month’s Olympic games in Beijing to highlight China’s human rights abuses. In a letter to Jeff Shell, NBCUniversal’s chief executive officer, and Gary Zenkel, the company’s president of