CLINT, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers on Friday were calling for swift change after reports this week of more than 250 infants, children and teens being held inside a windowless Border Patrol station, struggling to care for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation. It’s a scene that is being
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, said in a conference call with Oregon reporters Thursday he’s still not sure why the Trump administration called recently for all 25 Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers to be shut down or privatized. But he’s glad to see the change of heart from the administration,
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement Thursday regarding the current situation with Iran and the Senate’s debate of the National Defense Authorization Act. Merkley is teaming up with Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) to push for a proposed amendment
Bipartisan lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee joined forces Thursday to advance legislation slapping new sanctions on Myanmar’s military regime for its violent purge of ethnic minorities. The proposal, sponsored by Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), is designed to punish Myanmar’s leaders for their long-running campaign of brutality and displacement
Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is reversing its decision to end the US Forest Service program that trains low-income, rural students how to respond to national emergencies, after bipartisan backlash from Congress. In a letter to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta back in May, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced his agency’s intent to “terminate
Merkley Announces Trump Administration Will Keep CCCs Open, including one near Yachats. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a conversation with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that federal Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) Job Corps sites, including the one near Yachats, will remain open and operated by the
Los líderes federales han revocado la decisión de cerrar nueve sitios de Job Corps del Centro de Conservación Civil y transferir centros adicionales para contactar a los operadores. Luego de una conversación con el secretario de Agricultura, Sonny Perdue, el miércoles 19 de junio, el senador Jeff Merkley anunció que los centros permanecerían abiertos bajo la operación del Departamento Forestal de EE. UU.
El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley (D-Oregón) anunció hoy que los programas de capacitación vocacional del Servicio Forestal de EE. UU. para jóvenes desfavorecidos no se cerrarán. Eso significa que nueve Centros de Conservación Civil en todo el país, incluido uno en Estacada, Oregón, continuarán enseñando a los estudiantes habilidades para el manejo de incendios forestales y el trabajo rural. Y, los CCC restantes que no
WASHINGTON – Los senadores Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley y los representantes Peter DeFazio y Greg Walden solicitaron el martes asistencia federal por desastre para las tormentas de primavera que afectaron a los condados de Curry, Douglas, Grant, Linn, Umatilla y Wheeler durante un período de dos semanas en abril. La carta bipartidista de los legisladores de Oregón a la Casa Blanca
Agregando combustible a la creciente indignación por el papel de la familia Sackler en la crisis de los opiáceos, un senador quiere que el Smithsonian elimine el nombre de Sackler de su museo de arte asiático, diciendo que la familia detrás de la compañía farmacéutica que produce OxyContin “no tiene cabida en la industria financiada por los contribuyentes”. Instituciones públicas." Senador Jeff Merkley
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