Author: Justin Krakoff

Oregon Delegation Submits State Items for Congressional Time Capsule to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

State lawmakers’ selections celebrate Oregon’s landscapes, agriculture, vote-by-mail, songs, sports, gems, clothes and people Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senate and House members this week submitted for a congressional time capsule to celebrate America’s 250th birthday multiple items that sample from the state’s natural treasures, history, culture, sports, music and

Merkley, Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce Cannabis Banking Reform

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led a bipartisan group of Senators to reintroduce his legislation that would ensure state-legal cannabis businesses can access traditional and secure banking systems and financial services. Even with the recent federal reclassification of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III at

Merkley Launches Investigation into Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Surrounding Renovation of the Reflecting Pool

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee—launched an investigation into the Trump Administration’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, which has so far reportedly cost American taxpayers more

Shaheen, Duckworth, Schatz, Rosen, Merkley, Kim, Slotkin Statement on Meeting with the Speaker of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released a statement following a meeting with the President of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, Speaker Han Kuo-Yu, and

Merkley Statement on Trump’s Request for Nearly $88 Billion To Fund His Illegal War and Illegal Tariffs

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump formally requested that Congress spend an additional $88 billion in the form of a supplemental request. The majority of these funds would be spent to cover the costs and replenish wasted ammunitions from Trump’s war of choice with Iran while also covering the cost of his illegal tariffs that have hurt families and farmers across the country. Following this news, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released

Merkley y Murkowski aseguran su compromiso de preservar los sistemas de monitoreo oceánico de EE. UU.

Washington, D.C. – Tras la indignación pública por el desmantelamiento de la Iniciativa de Observatorios Oceánicos (OOI) de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias (NSF), los senadores estadounidenses Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregón) y Lisa Murkowski (republicana por Alaska) anunciaron que la NSF suspendía la retirada prevista de los sensores de la OOI. La decisión de la NSF se produjo después de que Merkley y Murkowski aprobaran una resolución del Senado.

King, Merkley y sus colegas piden que se ponga fin a los planes ilegales para el “Arco del Triunfo”.”

Legisladores clave citan leyes federales que prohíben la construcción sin la aprobación del Congreso WASHINGTON, DC – El senador estadounidense Angus King (I-ME), miembro de mayor rango del Subcomité de Parques Nacionales del Comité de Energía y Recursos Naturales del Senado (ENR), lidera a un grupo de sus colegas del Congreso que se oponen al plan propuesto por la Administración Trump para construir ilegalmente

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