{"id":21486,"date":"2025-02-14T16:41:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21486"},"modified":"2025-02-17T21:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:23:31","slug":"merkley-announces-new-february-town-halls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-announces-new-february-town-halls\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Announces New February Town Halls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will co-host two community conversations<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley&nbsp;announced today he will hold six more town halls in February, with in-person community conversations in Tillamook, Clatsop, and Columbia counties on Saturday, February 22, followed by conversations in Polk, Yamhill, and Clackamas counties on Sunday, February 23.&nbsp;U.S. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will co-host the town halls in Tillamook and Clatsop counties with Merkley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six events continue Merkley\u2019s 2025&nbsp;town&nbsp;hall&nbsp;tour of Oregon, where he will hold a community conversation in each of the state\u2019s 36 counties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing like holding town halls directly in the communities where Oregonians live and work to get to the heart of the ideas, issues, and priorities that matter most to them. That\u2019s why I hold a town hall for every Oregon county, every year,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>dijo Merkley.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cI\u2019ve had over 580 of these conversations since Oregonians first sent me to the Senate, and each one helps fuel my fight for working families, shape policies and ideas for bills, and keeps me laser-focused on where to target federal resources to meet local needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese direct community conversations also provide respectful, safe spaces for people to express their unique points of view and open folks up to new perspectives\u2014essential to healing divisions and moving our state forward together,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Merkley continu\u00f3.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI am thrilled\u202fto be hitting the road again to meet with Oregonians from all walks of life in their communities.\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpeaking with people in NW Oregon about issues that affect their lives is an important part of my work,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>dijo la congresista Suzanne Bonamici.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI invite everyone to attend one of these town hall meetings to hear about the challenges and opportunities in this session of Congress.\u201d \u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking office in 2009, Senator Merkley has kept his promise to hold an open&nbsp;town&nbsp;hall&nbsp;for each of Oregon\u2019s 36 counties every year. His upcoming town hall conversations are as follows, with additional details to be sent to local media ahead of each event:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Saturday, February 22:<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ayuntamiento del condado de Tillamook<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>con la copresentadora congresista Suzanne Bonamici<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiempo:&nbsp;<\/em>10 a.m. hora del Pac\u00edfico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ubicaci\u00f3n:&nbsp;<\/em>Escuela Secundaria Neah-Kah-Nie \u2013 Gimnasio Inferior<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24705 US-101, Rockaway Beach, OR 97136<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ayuntamiento del condado de Clatsop&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp;<em>con la copresentadora congresista Suzanne Bonamici<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiempo:<\/em>&nbsp;2 p. m. hora del Pac\u00edfico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ubicaci\u00f3n:&nbsp;<\/em>Colegio Comunitario de Clatsop \u2013 Patriot Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1650 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, Oreg\u00f3n 97103<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ayuntamiento del condado de Columbia&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiempo:&nbsp;<\/em>5 p. m. 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