Merkley Monthly: Realizando importantes inversiones en el puerto de Coos Bay
El Mundo de Coos Bay. Transformar el Puerto Internacional de Coos Bay, Oregón, en la primera instalación portuaria totalmente conectada con el ferrocarril en la Costa Oeste representa una gran oportunidad para Oregón y nuestras comunidades costeras. Este proyecto creará empleos sindicalizados bien remunerados y empleos locales permanentes, y aumentará la capacidad portuaria de la Costa Oeste en...
Tres estadounidenses fueron liberados de prisiones en China
NPR. El gobierno de Biden afirma que todos los prisioneros fueron detenidos injustamente y que se están reuniendo con sus familias por primera vez en muchos años. Parecen ser parte de un intercambio de prisioneros. ARI SHAPIRO, PRESENTADOR: Tres estadounidenses han sido liberados de prisiones en China. El gobierno de Biden...
Wyden y Merkley anuncian casi 1 millón de dólares para la restauración del ecosistema en Oregón; el premio de la Fundación Nacional de Pesca y Vida Silvestre beneficiará a los residentes y proyectos a lo largo del río Tillamook.
Pionero del condado de Tillamook, Washington DC—Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron hoy una inversión federal de $1.18 millones para la Asociación de Estuarios de Tillamook con el fin de ayudar a reparar la carretera Burton-Fraser a lo largo del río Tillamook, que limita el paso de peces. "Dejar que nuestra infraestructura se desmorone con el tiempo hasta un punto en que...
Senators Wyden and Merkley warn against JUNK HEALTH CARE PLANS…
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called the Trump administration’s promotion of junk health care plans offered on HealthCare.gov. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Oregon senators joined with
Wyden y Merkley presentan la Ley de Violencia contra la Mujer aprobada por la Cámara
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined all of their Senate Democratic colleagues on Nov. 13 in introducing the Senate companion to the House-passed Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). The bill, which would reauthorize VAWA through 2024, preserves advancements made in previous reauthorizations and includes a number
Oregon senators urge changes to USDA hemp rules
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., as authors of the legislation that legalized hemp production nationwide, on Wednesday asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make several changes as it develops its final rule for the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. Wyden and Merkley, in a
Merkley Announces Legislation Passed to Ban Export of Crowd Control Munitions to Hong Kong
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),
Officials want water user protections in proposed Owyhee Act
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 —
En 18 años, el costo de un medicamento para la diabetes aumentó 962%
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,
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