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 attacks GOP health care plan after CBO scoring
Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following statement Monday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released their analysis of the latest Republican health care bill: Advertisement “Even though Republicans tried to rush the CBO so that they wouldn’t be able to give the full details on this diabolical proposal, the
Merkley harvests recognition from farmers
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
Senators want to put brakes on oil trains
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
Oregon Senators Sound The Alarm On Latest GOP Health Care Bill
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 call for trains with hazardous materials to stop in Gorge due to wildfires
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
Democratic senator: Trump ‘not fit to be commander-in-chief’
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.