Oregon’s entire Congressional delegation is seeking a federal disaster declaration for damages in the state caused by the late February storm that brought snow, freezing rain, floods and landslides. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and House members Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden, Kurt Schrader, Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer estimated
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley and numerous fellow Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to provide Medicare for all, calling it the “Choose Medicare Act.” Here’s their news release on the proposal: Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), joined by U.S. Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Brian
United, Delta and American Airlines are taking steps to cover cameras on seat backs after the practice sparked a privacy backlash. Many consumers were outraged when they learned of the controversial cameras embedded within the entertainment systems of plane seats. It even sparked an inquiry from two US senators who
Just prior to a Sunday town hall meeting at Phoenix High School, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley championed a bill he introduced late last year that would provide $1 billion annually for wildfire reduction. The Wildfire-Resilient Communities Act would fund thinning, prescribed burns, fuels reduction, and other activities meant to reduce
MEDFORD, Ore. — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley sat down with Newswatch 12 Saturday morning to talk about wildfires, the 2020 presidential election, the shootings in San Diego and his town halls in Jackson and Josephine County. Newswatch 12 reporter Leah Thompson says, “I’m sitting here with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley.
MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley held town halls in both Jackson and Josephine Counties Saturday. He updated constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and answered questions about tackling the challenges facing Oregon and America. “A number of my bills have flowed from ideas that were raised
In February, a passenger on a Singapore Airlines flight noticed something that made him uneasy: a small camera, facing directly at him from the in-flight entertainment system. Since then, airlines have confirmed that cameras and microphones are being installed on some planes. They say the devices are permanently disabled, and no actual
ONTARIO — About three dozen locals gathered Wednesday at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall as U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., stopped in Ontario during his latest town hall tour. According to Merkley, he’s been to almost 400 town halls overall. The community meeting was bookended by Vale High School seniors Grace Jacobs
The audience for Jeff Merkley’s Thursday town hall was sitting at the Pendleton Early Learning Center, but for some of them, their minds were more than 1,000 miles away at the U.S-Mexican border. Rather than ask Oregon’s junior senator a question, a woman in the audience used her time to
(CNN) — Concerns about cameras fitted to airplane seats have prompted two US senators to propose a bill to prevent in-flight entertainment with cameras — and they’ve demanded that airlines clarify how the devices are used. Senator Jeff Merkley — the Oregon Democrat who recently announced his decision not to run for
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