MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS TO HELP LOW-INCOME, HOUSING INSECURE RESIDENTS AFFORD RENT
Monday, June 5, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding local housing authorities a combined total of $985,893 to help address the housing needs of communities in Portland, Albany, The Dalles,
MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR FIRE RESILIENCY AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
Friday, June 2, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be investing $10 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to help increase fire resiliency and protect native vegetation on public lands in Oregon. “Dynamic
WYDEN, MERKLEY: CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE EARN $500,000 FEDERAL GRANT FOR WIRELESS CONNECTIONS
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde will receive a $500,000 federal investment to build a fixed wireless network providing high-speed Internet connections to 200 unserved households in their community. “Quality rural broadband is essential
MERKLEY, WYDEN ANNOUNCE $8.3 MILLION COMING TO OREGON FOR FLOOD AND WILDFIRE RELIEF
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will be awarded $8,364,460 under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Emergency Relief Program. The funding will be used for road and bridge repairs on Forest Service
MERKLEY, WYDEN, FEDERAL AGENCIES CELEBRATE HISTORIC FUNDING FOR NEW WARM SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT
The $28 million in federal investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and government funding package will ensure the Warm Springs community has safe, dependable drinking water Monday, May 22, 2023 Warm Springs, OR – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs celebrated
MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES URGE GREATER ACTION TO TACKLE ILLEGAL, UNREGULATED, AND UNREPORTED FISHING
Monday, May 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led Senators in a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Richard Spinrad, and National Marine Fisheries Service Janet Coit, pushing for a revised proposed rule to
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