Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) urged the Trump administration to provide more investment in the rural air service that supports essential travel like the commercial flights in and out of Pendleton’s Eastern Oregon Regional Airport. The two sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined more than 30 fellow Democratic senators Wednesday to introduce legislation that would rescind President Trump’s executive order, signed Tuesday, which they said aims to reverse several landmark U.S. initiatives to combat climate change. “Climate change is causing great destruction to our rural
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are going to bat for rural air service, citing the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton as one facility that benefits strongly from the program. In his budget proposal, President Donald Trump has called for eliminating the Essential Air Service, part of a
Oregon lawmakers reacted to an executive order, signed Tuesday by President Donald Trump, that rolls back climate change mandates set in place over the last several years. The order is aimed at curtailing the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to curb emissions, with the hope of boosting job growth in the
Major Oregon politicians rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order Tuesday to roll back U.S. efforts to combat climate change. Gov. Kate Brown joined with the governors of Washington and California — and mayors of five major West Coast cities, including Portland’s Ted Wheeler — in a press release denouncing Trump’s executive order,
SALEM, Ore. – A group of West Coast governors and mayors, and Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley took stands Tuesday in opposition to President Trump’s executive order aimed at putting American jobs ahead of what the president called overly burdensome federal environmental regulations. Gov. Kate Brown released the
More than 100 citizens filled the Gold Beach High School gym Sunday to ask U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley not what he could do for them, but what they could do to help protect numerous safety net programs the Trump administration is threatening to gut. Merkley admitted he didn’t have many
WASHINGTON – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Monday denounced the announcement by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Trump administration would begin withholding Department of Justice grants from “sanctuary cities” and counties. Their announcement said, “Sanctuary cities and counties are those that choose not to deputize their
Several hundred citizens gathered in the Umpqua Community College gymnasium on Saturday for a town-hall meeting with Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon to discuss the country’s politics. Republicans may have failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Thursday and Friday, but Merkley showed his support
In the wake of Congressional Republicans’ abrupt cancellation of their Affordable Care Act replacement, Sen. Jeff Merkley said he was relieved to see politicians come to their senses on a bill he disagreed with, but said he intends to work to improve the current system. Merkley said he is still
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