Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
“Breonna Taylor should be alive today”…Sen. Merkley
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after a grand jury returned its announcement regarding the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky: “Breonna Taylor should be alive today. She’s dead. She’s dead because of a fundamentally racist system that cheapens her life and the lives of all
Klickitat County and Port of HR receive $5 million grant for bridge replacement
Klickitat County and the Port of Hood River have received a $5 million grant award from the federal BUILD (“Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development”) Transportation Discretionary Grant program to fund Phase 2 of the ongoing effort to replace the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge. The $5 million grant will
Oregon Senators Urge FCC to ‘Bridge the Digital Divide’ on Native Lands
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden issued a press release on September 15 highlighting the need for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to improve access to technology on Native lands: “U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are calling on federal officials to expedite broadband connectivity to Native communities to improve access to telemedicine, online
Oregon lawmakers push FEMA for urgent housing assistance due to fires
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader, and Suzanne Bonamici, all D-Ore., are pressing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy robust transitional housing options to ensure affordable, stable housing as communities begin to rebuild in the wake of
U-S House Passes Bill To ify Warm Springs Treaty Of 1865
Greg Walden Statement on House Passage of Bill to ify Fraudulent Warm Springs Treaty Bill would ify the underhanded 1865 agreement and reinforce the validity of the 1855 treaty WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released the following statement after the House passed the 1865 Treaty ification Act. The legislation, for which Walden introduced companion legislation in the House in
U-S Senate Votes to Name Bend VA Clinic In Honor Of Robert Maxwell
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden and Congressman Greg Walden announced Friday the U-S Senate approved naming the Bend VA clinic in honor of the late Robert Maxwell. The World War 2 veteran was a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and worked as a schoolteacher in Bend for
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