In a virtual town hall Tuesday with Clatsop County constituents, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley vowed to fight for more local support in the next round of federal coronavirus relief legislation. The Senate reconvenes Monday and faces an epic political battle over relief money. The Democrat-led House passed the Health and
During a Tillamook County virtual town hall on Tuesday, July 14, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) recognized the small business relief efforts of Nehalem Valley non-profit Fulcrum Community Resources and the Manzanita Visitors Center during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.The Small Business Relief Fund was established by Fulcrum in partnership with Manzanita
SALT LAKE CITY—Today, recognizing the ecological and economic benefits of saline (salt) lakes in the American West, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) introduced the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2020. Building upon scientific findings that saline lakes across the
One day after American Airlines resumed booking flights to capacity, ending its effort to cap the number of passengers on board in response to the pandemic, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) experienced the policy change firsthand. Instead of finding his connecting flight to Texas mostly empty, as he had flying American recently,
The Prineville Airport was one of several airports in Oregon to receive federal grant funding from the Department of Transportation. The local aviation facility received $1.31 million out of $9.11 million total to install airfield guidance signs and runway vertical/visual guidance system. “The end of the runway closest to the
WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator said Friday he would introduce a bill to ban the sale of middle seats on airplanes for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic after taking a crowded flight. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., posted a picture of himself on an American Airlines flight on Thursday, calling it “incredibly irresponsible” for so many people to
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Noting that the 13th Amendment outlawed slavery “except as a punishment for a crime,” Sen. Jeff Merkley is preparing to introduce a Constitutional Amendment to end forced, unpaid labor. Merkley, who spoke with KOIN 6 News from his office in Washington, said the incarceration of prisoners
A wave of cold, hard cash is heading to Oregon to protect the public from possible waterborne diseases at Oregon’s beaches. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) will receive $215,000 in federal funding for the monitoring efforts. The grant
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., co-sponsored legislation Monday that would extend the federal eviction moratorium by nearly eight months, to March 27, 2021, and expand it to cover nearly all renters. The Protecting Renters from Evictions and Fees Act extends the federal eviction moratorium from July 24,
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader asked federal officials on Wednesday for answers about a recent flight of a possible law enforcement aircraft in Portland over a protest about the police killing of George Floyd and Black Americans. The Oregon lawmakers’?letter?to the U.S. Marshals Service
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