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...
El senador Merkley de Oregón impulsa una mayor acción del Congreso para los niños solicitantes de asilo
It’s been over a year since U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley made his first diplomatic trip to a border facility in McAllen, Texas. Since then, the Oregon Democrat says not much has changed. Last Friday, Merkley and 12 other Senate Democrats made the trek to a migrant detention center inMcAllen, Texas.
Sen. Jeff Merkley gets closer to investigating Saudi students escaping U.S. justice, vows to continue effort
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s ongoing effort to investigate — and potentially punish — Saudi Arabia for its suspected role in spiriting accused criminals out of the United States quietly won bipartisan support in the past two months, but then faltered this week in a burst of political maneuvering. The Oregon
Merkley Highlights Mental Health Issues Affecting Migrant Children In Detention Facilities
Recent reports of squalid conditions at immigrant detention facilities have brought to light issues of overcrowding, lack of hygiene and poor nutrition. But U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley says these conditions can also harm the mental health of migrants, especially children. When Jeff Merkely recently brought a dozen senators with him
“Falling through the bureaucratic cracks”: Lawmakers respond to CBS News report on migrant children
Democratic politicians reacted with anger Wednesday to a CBS News report revealing that “well over 4,000” migrant children could be held in government custody indefinitely. The number of children, designated “Category Four” by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), was divulged in an exclusive interview with ORR Director Jonathan Hayes. The children
For Third Year, TriMet Receives Federal Funding to Buy Three Electric Buses and Their Chargers
Your commute to work might soon be a little better for the environment. The Federal Transit Administration has awarded TriMet a $2.1 million grant to buy three electric buses and fast-charging equipment, according to a Tuesday press release from U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). It marks the third time that TriMet has received the
El senador Merkley testificará en apoyo de los bancos que trabajan con negocios de marihuana
SALEM, Ore. – Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is taking his support of the cannabis industry to a national level. He’s working to make it easier for pot shops to work with banks. Even though marijuana has been legal for years in Oregon, those in the industry still have
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