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Sen. Merkley, Rep. Meeks Issue Statement Calling for Further U.S. Action to Support Rohingya on the Second Anniversary of the Determination of Genocide

March 22, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) — a member of both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee — issued the following statement on the second anniversary of the Rohingya genocide determination and called on the

Merkley, Wyden: OSU recibe un premio de financiación federal para aumentar la resiliencia al humo de los incendios forestales en Oregón

21 de marzo de 2024

Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron hoy que la Universidad Estatal de Oregón (OSU) recibió $667,500 como premio inicial de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA) para desarrollar un conjunto de intervenciones que incluyen kits de herramientas y recursos personalizados que Puede ser utilizado en escuelas, preescolares y

Wyden y Merkley apoyan la supervisión del DEQ para el permiso de aguas residuales de Knife River Corporation West en el condado de Crook

21 de marzo de 2024

Washington DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley dijeron hoy que apoyan que el Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Oregón (DEQ) aborde las preocupaciones planteadas por la Junta de Comisionados del Condado de Crook y los residentes locales con respecto al permiso de aguas residuales de Knife River Corporation-West en el condado. “Los residentes [del condado de Crook] han seguido recaudando

Astoria to receive $1.8 million for waterline project

March 20, 2024

The Astorian Astoria will receive $1.8 million in federal funding for the replacement of a nearly 100-year-old waterline on Irving Avenue. The funding, backed by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, is part of a spending package approved by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden this month. Merkley and

Merkley, Huffman Lead 30+ Senate & House Colleagues to Urge Biden Administration to Embrace Strong Action, Combat Plastic Pollution

March 20, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) led their colleagues today in a letter to encourage U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to push for decisive measures in addressing plastic production at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)’s current session next month. The lawmakers

Merkley habla con funcionarios electorales sobre las amenazas a los secretarios del condado y a los trabajadores electorales

19 de marzo de 2024

El senador Jeff Merkley cuestionó a los funcionarios electorales sobre los esfuerzos para preservar nuestro proceso democrático, el trabajo para proteger el derecho de cada votante elegible a emitir su voto y las amenazas hechas a los secretarios del condado y otros funcionarios electorales en Oregón y en todo el país en un Comité Senatorial de Reglas. y administración

U.S. Bans the Last Type of Asbestos Still in Use

March 18, 2024

New York Times The United States joins more than 50 other countries that have banned the deadly carcinogen, although the phaseout will take more than a decade. The Biden administration on Monday finalized a ban on the only type of asbestos still used in the United States, the first time

The U.S. bans most common form of asbestos, after decades of pushback from industry

March 18, 2024

NPR The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it is banning the most common form of asbestos, a cancer-causing substance that’s linked to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans every year. The U.S. is prohibiting the use of chrysotile asbestos, joining more than 50 other countries that have

Oregon leaders, Albina Vision Trust applaud big investment in reversing ‘shameful’ disruption of Black neighborhood

March 16, 2024

OPB State and federal leaders are casting a vote of confidence in a Portland nonprofit working to revitalize a historically Black neighborhood that’s been targeted by decades of racist development policies. The Albina Vision Trust helped the Oregon Department of Transportation win $450 million in federal funding to advance an

Merkley, Wyden Join Senate Colleagues in Letter to USPS Postmaster General DeJoy Demanding Protection of Jobs and Mail Delivery

March 15, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a letter led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, urging him to stop any changes to United States Postal Service (USPS) service standards that would result in job losses and further degrade mail delivery performance, especially