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...
Merkley, Wyden announce fed investment in electric infrastructure
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,
Merkley, Bonamici target high insulin prices
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
SENATORS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO BAN USE OF SRS FUNDS FOR LOBBYING
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
Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Illegal
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,
Se presenta la Ley de Crédito Justo para Veteranos y Consumidores
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
Some migrants waiting in Mexico for U.S. court hearings caught crossing illegally
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
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