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 addresses ‘big issues’ facing U.S.
US Senator Jeff Merkley opened his town hall in The Dalles June 15, with three big issues facing the nation that he said keep him up at night: Corruption, underinvestment and carbon pollution. Speaking at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center, Merkley said corruption was growing. “We have a massive amount
SENATORS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $7.2 MILLION IN AIRPORT INVESTMENTS
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that nearly $7.2 million in federal grants will help Oregon airports fund “critical rehabilitation, reconstruction, and installation projects”. Merkley said Oregon’s airports connect the state to economic opportunity and vital resources. He said this investment in airport infrastructure will improve
Congress Must Use Its Authority to Prevent War With Iran
The most jarring real-time assessment of President Trump’s decision to attack—and then to not attack—Iran came from George Conway, the outspoken conservative lawyer who happens to be married to White House apologist in chief Kellyanne Conway. Recalling the political calculus that asks who Americans would want in the White House
Lawmakers decry perilous federal lockups for migrant kids
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
Merkley: Message was received about importance of Job Corps CCCs like Wolf Creek
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,
Merkley se mueve para bloquear la guerra 'no autorizada' con Irán
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
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