{"id":2895,"date":"2021-01-03T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-sworn-in-for-third-term-urges-117th-congress-to-help-americas-families-businesses-survive-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:03","slug":"merkley-sworn-in-for-third-term-urges-117th-congress-to-help-americas-families-businesses-survive-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-sworn-in-for-third-term-urges-117th-congress-to-help-americas-families-businesses-survive-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley jur\u00f3 su tercer mandato e insta al 117.\u00ba Congreso a ayudar a las familias y las empresas estadounidenses a sobrevivir a la pandemia del coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Hoy, como 117<sup>el<\/sup> Convocado formalmente en el Congreso en la capital de la naci\u00f3n, el Senador de los EE. UU. de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de prestar juramento para su tercer mandato de seis a\u00f1os al servicio de los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n en el Senado de los EE. UU.:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEste es uno de los inviernos m\u00e1s oscuros de nuestra naci\u00f3n. M\u00e1s de 300.000 estadounidenses han perdido la vida a causa de esta pandemia en los \u00faltimos doce meses. Otros veinte millones se han enfermado y, aunque muchos han tenido la suerte de recuperarse, decenas de miles siguen luchando por sus vidas. Las empresas han cerrado y millones de estadounidenses trabajadores han perdido sus medios de subsistencia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPero en medio de esta oscuridad, tenemos el poder de convertir este nuevo a\u00f1o y el Congreso en un presagio de esperanza: pasar p\u00e1gina y entregar los recursos para ayudar a nuestras familias a capear esta tormenta, los trabajadores de salud de primera l\u00ednea hacen su trabajo y se mantienen seguros, y Los negocios de Main Street se mantienen a flote. Seguir\u00e9 haciendo todo lo que pueda para mantener la presi\u00f3n sobre el Congreso para que lo haga, desde presionar para que se invierta m\u00e1s en la distribuci\u00f3n r\u00e1pida de vacunas y equipos de protecci\u00f3n personal para nuestros dedicados h\u00e9roes de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, hasta luchar por moratorias de corte de servicios p\u00fablicos, cheques de est\u00edmulo, y pr\u00e9stamos para nuestros negocios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSi bien abordar la pandemia debe seguir siendo nuestra principal prioridad, ser\u00eda irresponsable que el Congreso ignorara simult\u00e1neamente las otras crisis urgentes que est\u00e1n llamando a nuestra puerta: ataques al coraz\u00f3n mismo de nuestra rep\u00fablica democr\u00e1tica, la amenaza del caos clim\u00e1tico y la falta de de oportunidades para las familias trabajadoras de todo el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntre la captura de nuestros tribunales, sumas masivas de dinero negro en la pol\u00edtica, la supresi\u00f3n de votos, la manipulaci\u00f3n de distritos y un sistema de colegio electoral que erosiona el poder de los votos de cientos de millones de estadounidenses, nuestro gobierno ha sido vaciado. por poderosos intereses especiales empe\u00f1ados en manipular nuestro gobierno para beneficiar a los m\u00e1s poderosos y privilegiados entre nosotros. Si realmente queremos cumplir con las necesidades de las personas, desde mejorar la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica hasta poner la vivienda y la educaci\u00f3n al alcance de la mano, debemos pasar la <i>Ley para el Pueblo<\/i> y devolver el poder a las manos del pueblo estadounidense sin demora.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTambi\u00e9n debemos tomar medidas audaces y decisivas para abordar la crisis clim\u00e1tica: la emergencia mundial que ya ha arrasado pueblos en Oreg\u00f3n, ha costado innumerables vidas en todo Estados Unidos y contin\u00faa amenazando la seguridad, la salud y el bienestar de nuestras familias y la econom\u00eda. . Pero la buena noticia es que podemos aprovechar el desaf\u00edo clim\u00e1tico como una oportunidad para construir una econom\u00eda verde compuesta de empleos confiables y bien remunerados, y voy a mantener un ritmo constante sobre la necesidad de aprobar proyectos de ley y asumir ejecutivos audaces. acci\u00f3n para allanar el camino para esa transici\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY no podemos quedarnos de brazos cruzados mientras se profundiza la crisis de oportunidades, que tiene sus ra\u00edces en el aumento de los costos y el estancamiento de los salarios, y est\u00e1 impidiendo que innumerables familias obtengan los cimientos s\u00f3lidos que necesitan para prosperar. Ning\u00fan trabajador de Oreg\u00f3n deber\u00eda tener que elegir entre mantener un techo sobre su cabeza y poner comida en la mesa, verse obligado a asumir una deuda agobiante para obtener un t\u00edtulo o capacitaci\u00f3n laboral, o tener que racionar sus medicamentos o posponer la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica necesaria. Es por eso que voy a seguir luchando por pol\u00edticas innovadoras para poner viviendas asequibles, empleos bien remunerados, atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de calidad y una educaci\u00f3n completa al alcance de los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n en todos los rincones de nuestro estado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServir a la gente de Oreg\u00f3n, particularmente durante este momento tumultuoso y desafiante, es el honor de mi vida. Estoy decidido a hacer todo lo que pueda para garantizar que nuestro gobierno &#039;Nosotros, el pueblo&#039; se restablezca y que brinde la acci\u00f3n y el apoyo que nuestras familias necesitan para sobrevivir a esta pandemia y prosperar en los cap\u00edtulos venideros\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>En sus dos primeros mandatos como senador de los EE. UU., Merkley emergi\u00f3 como un defensor nacional de los empleos de clase media, la protecci\u00f3n del consumidor y del medio ambiente y la reforma del Senado de los EE. UU. Tambi\u00e9n gan\u00f3 un perfil nacional como un destacado defensor de la legislaci\u00f3n de derechos civiles LGBTQ y como una voz vocal de los derechos humanos a lo largo de la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, as\u00ed como en Birmania, Hong Kong y la Zona Aut\u00f3noma Uigur de Xinjiang. Merkley tambi\u00e9n asegur\u00f3 una gran cantidad de victorias locales para los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n en todos los rincones del estado, incluido el alivio de la sequ\u00eda en la cuenca de Klamath, un mayor apoyo para los peque\u00f1os puertos de Oreg\u00f3n y la aprobaci\u00f3n de una legislaci\u00f3n que implementa un importante acuerdo para compartir el agua en el centro de Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &mdash; Today, as the 117th Congress formally convened in the nation&rsquo;s capital, Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after being sworn in for his third six-year term serving Oregonians in the U.S. Senate: &ldquo;This is one of our nation&rsquo;s darkest winters. 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