{"id":19656,"date":"2024-04-28T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=19656"},"modified":"2024-06-05T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:21:37","slug":"senator-merkley-holds-town-hall-at-cocc-to-engage-with-the-community-on-important-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senator-merkley-holds-town-hall-at-cocc-to-engage-with-the-community-on-important-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Merkley holds town hall at COCC to engage with the community on important topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktvz.com\/news\/government-politics\/2024\/04\/28\/senator-merkley-holds-town-hall-at-cocc-to-engage-with-the-community-on-important-topics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KTVZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) &#8212; &nbsp;Senator Jeff Merkley held two&nbsp;town halls, in Bend and Madras&nbsp;Sunday to hear from the communities&nbsp;on a variety of issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bend town hall was held at Central Oregon Community College.&nbsp;People asked the senator questions when their ticket number was called.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The public engaged in conversation with the senator on topics such as housing, health care, the recent foreign aid bill, and transgender children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Congress passed and President Biden signed a&nbsp;$95 billion package to&nbsp;provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan&nbsp;to support their national defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley said he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ktvz.com\/news\/government-politics\/2024\/04\/23\/wyden-votes-for-aid-bill-for-ukraine-israel-taiwan-merkley-opposes-it-over-military-aid-to-israel\/\">voted against&nbsp;the bill<\/a>&nbsp;because it provided&nbsp;funding for Israel&#8217;s military actions.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KTVZ BEND, Ore. 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