Recognized as being a champion for family farmers and ranchers, U. S. Sen. Jeff Merkley received a Golden Triangle Award from the National Farmers Union. The award, which is the family farm organization’s highest legislative honor, was presented Sept. 12 during the Fall Legislative Fly-In in Washington, D.C. First presented
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff Merkley, both of Oregon, are asking for a stop to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe oil trains going through the Columbia River Gorge. The lawmakers say things are just too fragile there due to the Eagle Creek and Archer Mountain
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., told residents of the Laurelhurst Village Assisted Living Center, that the bill would cost Oregonians about $2,500 per person, per year. “More than any other state,” he said. “We’ve got to deliver a knock-out punch next week to this bill that would hurt Oregonians so much.”
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are calling for a stoppage of trains transporting hazardous materials in the Gorge due to wildfires. The U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to Burlington Northern Santa Fe CEO Matthew Rose. They praised BNSF for temporarily stopping train traffic when the Eagle Creek Fire
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — In the wake of President Donald Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” North Korea over its nuclear program in an address at the United Nations, Democrats on Capitol Hill said Wednesday that the president’s incendiary words may be counterproductive to the effort to end the conflict peacefully.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Hispanic members of the Legislature said they would defend Latinos in the state, including those who entered the country illegally. In a ceremony Wednesday in Brown’s office marking Hispanic Heritage Month in Oregon, Brown denounced U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ comments
WASHINGTON – In the wake of historic wildfires in Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington and across the West, Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., have introduced an updated
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As the GOP takes another run at repealing Obamacare, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is mincing no words in his disdain for the plan sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy. The Graham-Cassidy bill would repeal much of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act and limit future federal
WASHINGTON (KPTV) – Two of Oregon’s top lawmakers announced a $1 million emergency relief grant for the Oregon Department of Transportation Tuesday to help with the cleanup of destructive wildfires. U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. “As our state
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Tuesday a $1 million emergency relief grant for the Oregon Department of Transportation to support cleanup operations in the wake of destructive wildfires. “The fires burning today reinforce how important it is to fund huge wildfires the way that we fund other natural
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