Destacado del condado de Columbia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nLos temas candentes, incluido el alto precio de los medicamentos recetados, la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. y el cambio clim\u00e1tico, estaban en la mente de los residentes del condado de Columbia el s\u00e1bado 15 de julio en una reuni\u00f3n en el ayuntamiento en St. Helens con el senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En el gimnasio con aire acondicionado de la Escuela Primaria Lewis & Clark en un d\u00eda ferozmente caluroso y ventoso, Merkley respondi\u00f3 preguntas de los ciudadanos y se reuni\u00f3 con los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n de antemano para abordar temas de inter\u00e9s para el condado de Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En la disponibilidad de los medios, se le pregunt\u00f3 a Merkley sobre el creciente n\u00famero de incendios forestales y c\u00f3mo el gobierno federal puede ayudar a los condados rurales m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os, como el condado de Columbia. Se\u00f1al\u00f3 que hay subvenciones disponibles para ayudar a los distritos de bomberos locales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLas subvenciones que ayudamos a los distritos de bomberos locales pueden obtener otros equipos o contratar personas\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cLas comunidades los solicitan, y el Senador (Ron) Wyden y yo cabildeamos por ellos\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkley habl\u00f3 sobre la necesidad de apoyar los proyectos del centro, como el Proyecto St. Helens Riverfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSi m\u00e1s gente usa el paseo mar\u00edtimo, es m\u00e1s gente en los restaurantes, m\u00e1s gente comprando cosas en la ferreter\u00eda\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La inflaci\u00f3n, si bien ha disminuido recientemente, contin\u00faa afectando los h\u00e1bitos de compra del condado de Columbia. Merkley mencion\u00f3 espec\u00edficamente la frustraci\u00f3n que genera el alto costo de los medicamentos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkley, junto con el Senador Peter Welch, D-Vermont, y la Representante Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, han presentado la Ley de Fin de Aumento de Precios para Medicamentos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEstoy presionando para que negociemos el precio de todos nuestros medicamentos, como lo hace cualquier otro pa\u00eds desarrollado\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cPagamos, en promedio, al menos el doble de lo que paga la mayor\u00eda de los pa\u00edses, pero a veces ser\u00e1 10 o 20 veces m\u00e1s por lo mismo, raz\u00f3n por la cual la gente a veces conduce hasta Canad\u00e1 para ir a una farmacia\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkley agreg\u00f3: \u201cLas compa\u00f1\u00edas farmac\u00e9uticas nos estafan. Invertimos m\u00e1s en la investigaci\u00f3n y el desarrollo de estos medicamentos que cualquier otro condado. Deber\u00edamos conseguir el mejor precio del mundo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkley tambi\u00e9n tiene sus ojos puestos en los costos de vivienda en los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUna de las cosas que estoy proponiendo, que no se ha propuesto antes, es prohibir que los fondos de cobertura compren casas\u201d, dijo. \u201cEsos fondos de cobertura, en algunos mercados, est\u00e1n comprando el 40 por ciento de las casas en venta. \u2026 Creo que los hogares deber\u00edan ser hogares para familias, no un centro de ganancias para Wall Street\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkley tambi\u00e9n abord\u00f3 las preguntas de los miembros de la comunidad de Lewis & Clark, incluida una de un miembro de la audiencia preocupado por el aumento de las temperaturas de la Tierra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al se\u00f1alar una ola de calor que ha calcinado el suroeste de Estados Unidos y partes de M\u00e9xico en los \u00faltimos d\u00edas, Merkley se\u00f1al\u00f3 la necesidad de proyectos de energ\u00eda renovable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCreo que es el mayor desaf\u00edo al que se ha enfrentado la humanidad\u201d, dijo sobre la crisis clim\u00e1tica, se\u00f1alando, como ejemplo, una reducci\u00f3n dr\u00e1stica de la capa de nieve debido a las temperaturas m\u00e1s altas y la menor precipitaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkley abord\u00f3 el tema de la Corte Suprema de EE. UU., donde las decisiones recientes sobre acci\u00f3n afirmativa y obligaciones de pr\u00e9stamos estudiantiles han generado controversia a nivel nacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al decir que creci\u00f3 con la corte \u201cpor encima de la pol\u00edtica\u201d, Merkley dijo que la corte ahora es una organizaci\u00f3n mucho m\u00e1s pol\u00edtica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Desde la fundaci\u00f3n de la naci\u00f3n, los jueces de la Corte Suprema han servido de por vida, pero Merkley sugiere un cambio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLo que propongo es un sistema en el que mantenemos a nueve jueces que est\u00e1n votando, y despu\u00e9s de 18 a\u00f1os pasan a un estado superior, donde pueden ayudar con los tribunales de circuito y as\u00ed sucesivamente\u201d, dijo Merkley, se\u00f1alando que este sistema permitir\u00eda dos asientos para ser abiertos debajo de cada presidente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Merkley, al igual que Wyden, se re\u00fane peri\u00f3dicamente con los electores de todo el estado. El ayuntamiento del condado de Lane, celebrado el domingo 16 de julio, fue el ayuntamiento n\u00famero 540 de Merkley desde que fue elegido para el Senado.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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