Senator Jeff Merkley announced yesterday that the U.S. Senate has unanimously passed his bipartisan legislation that would ban the U.S. export of crowd control munitions and equipment to the Hong Kong Police Force for one year. The legislation, which is co-led by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Edward J. Markey (D-MA),
NYSSA — The Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act has been introduced by Oregon’ s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley in the U.S. Senate. The proposal is to conserve and manage federal land in Malheur County, as well as protect and develop economy, and provide protections for water users —
Over the past decade, a drug that many people with diabetes depend on to live — insulin — has skyrocketed in price. One study found that cost nearly tripled between 2002 and 2013. Politicians and activists in Washington, D.C., and the local area have paid special attention to the plight during November,
Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Monday, Nov. 4, a nearly $8.5 million electric infrastructure investment in West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc., a Vernonia-based co-op which serves communities throughout Columbia, Yamhill, Tillamook, Washington and Clatsop counties. Merkley serves as the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee,
Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced legislation to end “exorbitant price hikes” on insulin. The End Price Gouging for Insulin Act comes as a new report highlights the high cost of insulin in Northwest Oregon. The report, produced for U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, found that Medicare beneficiaries in the region pay more than $1,000 more per year in
On Thursday Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced legislation that would ensure counties receiving Secure Rural Schools funds cannot spend federal resources on any activity related to lobbying. The release from the Senators said their bill is to ensure that SRS funds remained dedicated to their intended purpose
With all the attention being paid to the whistle-blower who set off the impeachment inquiry and the anonymous “senior Trump administration official” whose book was published this month, a story about yet another insider slamming the Trump administration has been almost entirely ignored. This one is a damning moral, and legal,
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), on Monday introduced legislation that extends the protections of the Military Lending Act (MLA), which caps the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Roughly one in 10 migrants pushed back to Mexico to await U.S. court hearings under a Trump administration program have been caught crossing the border again, a top border official said on Thursday. Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said during a White House
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced legislation Thursday that would bar county officials from using timber safety net money for lobbying trips. The decision followed controversy over Douglas County commissioners’ longstanding tradition of using Title III Secure Rural Schools funds to pay for lobbying trips to Washington, D.C.
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