The ongoing crisis at detention centers on the southern U.S. border is costing American taxpayers more than $4.5 million per day. Health and Human Services (HHS) told Yahoo Finance that of the 13,000 children in its care, 2,594 are staying at the two influx shelters at Homestead, Florida, and Carrizo Springs, Texas.
The federal government would provide help for a new type of emergency under a bill proposed by Oregon’s senators — wildfire smoke. “This bill helping at-risk people find clean air is an essential element of the comprehensive strategy that’s urgently needed to deal now with the increased frequency and severity
It’s not smoky in the region as June comes to a close, but we should probably add the word “yet.” Summer has featured a great deal of wildfire and smoke in recent years, and we’re all bracing for more. Oregon’s two U.S. Senators introduced new legislation recently to provide more help to
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was joined by Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT-AL) and Francis Rooney (R-FL-19) on Wednesday in introducing bipartisan, bicameral legislation they said would ensure Americans do not pay more for prescription drugs than people do in other developed countries. The lawmakers said their measure would help to address a top concern
Earlier this year, Jeff Merkley did something that’s become pretty rare for a high-profile Democrat: He announced that he would not be running for president. The junior senator from Oregon had been mentioned as a possible contender after making a name for himself as a vocal opponent of the Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released a statement on Thursday indicating that he is calling for a formal investigation of conditions for children in facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border. The statement follows reports from Border Station Clint in El Paso, Texas that found children being held in
L ast week, a group of lawyers visited a remote Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, that was designed for the temporary detention of about 100 adult migrants. What they found were some 250 children in appalling conditions. Several were sick and in quarantine; others had lice. Very young children had been
US Senator Jeff Merkley opened his town hall in The Dalles June 15, with three big issues facing the nation that he said keep him up at night: Corruption, underinvestment and carbon pollution. Speaking at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center, Merkley said corruption was growing. “We have a massive amount
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that nearly $7.2 million in federal grants will help Oregon airports fund “critical rehabilitation, reconstruction, and installation projects”. Merkley said Oregon’s airports connect the state to economic opportunity and vital resources. He said this investment in airport infrastructure will improve
The most jarring real-time assessment of President Trump’s decision to attack—and then to not attack—Iran came from George Conway, the outspoken conservative lawyer who happens to be married to White House apologist in chief Kellyanne Conway. Recalling the political calculus that asks who Americans would want in the White House
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