{"id":18107,"date":"2023-10-18T16:01:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=18107"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:02:59","slug":"senator-merkley-on-usps-facility-fossil-fuels-and-medical-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senator-merkley-on-usps-facility-fossil-fuels-and-medical-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Senador Merkley sobre las instalaciones del USPS, los combustibles f\u00f3siles y la deuda m\u00e9dica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kdrv.com\/news\/local\/senator-merkley-on-usps-facility-fossil-fuels-and-medical-debt\/article_fe2c86ea-6e00-11ee-bb98-0b0d1765cea2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KDRV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;El senador Jeff Merkley habl\u00f3 hoy con NewsWatch 12 sobre sus planes de mantener las instalaciones del USPS en Medford como centro de distribuci\u00f3n, su preocupaci\u00f3n por el gasoducto canadiense fracturado y la deuda m\u00e9dica de los estadounidenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de meses de preocupaci\u00f3n por el estado de las instalaciones de USPS en Medford y sus empleados, el Congreso ahora est\u00e1 tratando de aprobar una legislaci\u00f3n que impida que USPS utilice fondos gubernamentales o sus fondos personales para degradar los centros de distribuci\u00f3n de USPS en Medford, Eugene y algunos en Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En una carta firmada por los senadores de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, as\u00ed como por los representantes del sur de Oreg\u00f3n, Val Hoyle y Cliff Bentz, al Subcomit\u00e9 de Servicios Financieros y Gobierno General, expresaron su preocupaci\u00f3n de que una rebaja de un centro de distribuci\u00f3n a un centro de procesamiento tendr\u00eda consecuencias negativas. impactar a las comunidades a las que sirven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEstamos buscando ver si podemos usar una enmienda en un pr\u00f3ximo proyecto de ley de gastos para poder decir esencialmente que no pueden usar el dinero de nuestros contribuyentes federales o sus propios ingresos de sellos, por as\u00ed decirlo, para degradar estas instalaciones. &quot; dijo Merkley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley dijo a NewsWatch 12 que la degradaci\u00f3n de las instalaciones ralentizar\u00eda el correo de primera clase, impactar\u00eda negativamente a las peque\u00f1as empresas y pondr\u00eda a las personas mayores y a otras personas que reciben medicamentos por correo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Comisi\u00f3n Federal Reguladora de Energ\u00eda votar\u00e1 ma\u00f1ana sobre la expansi\u00f3n de un gasoducto canadiense fracturado a trav\u00e9s del estado de Washington y Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cinco senadores, los gobernadores de los estados de Oreg\u00f3n y Washington y tres fiscales de distrito se han pronunciado en contra de la ampliaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El senador Merkley dijo que la expansi\u00f3n ser\u00eda el equivalente en carbono de poner 644.000 autom\u00f3viles adicionales en las carreteras cada a\u00f1o, adem\u00e1s de que los estados de Oreg\u00f3n y Washington intenten alejarse del uso de combustibles f\u00f3siles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley dijo que el oleoducto \u201ccontribuir\u00e1 significativamente al caos clim\u00e1tico. Quiero decir, en Oreg\u00f3n sabemos c\u00f3mo se ve ese caos en t\u00e9rminos de menor capa de nieve y menos agua para nuestros agricultores y ganaderos, e incendios forestales y humo de incendios forestales\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El senador tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 trabajando en la Ley de Alivio de la Deuda M\u00e9dica. Har\u00eda que todas las deudas m\u00e9dicas se eliminaran de un informe crediticio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;Miles y miles de millones de d\u00f3lares de deuda en los informes crediticios hacen que sea muy dif\u00edcil para las familias seguir adelante&quot;, dijo Merkley. \u201cYa sea que tengan que comprar un autom\u00f3vil o est\u00e9n esforz\u00e1ndose por comprar una casa. Uh, simplemente penalizamos a las personas a lo largo de su vida. 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