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
Wyden, Oregon colleagues demand postmaster general end mail delivery delays
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader demanded Monday that U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy rescind his orders that have unacceptably slowed mail delivery across Oregon and the nation. In their letter to DeJoy, the Oregon lawmakers noted their concerns
Wyden, Merkley decry ‘diabolical’ plan by Trump to destroy Postal Service, potentially imperiling vote by mail and fair elections
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said Friday that President Donald Trump is deliberately trying to sabotage the election during the COVID-19 pandemic by undercutting the United States Postal Service, a ‘diabolical’ political act they said also puts vulnerable Americans who rely on prescription medicine via the mail at
Oregon leaders ask EPA to investigate impacts of tear gas on the environment
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Several Oregon leaders are asking for the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the impacts of sustained tear gas used by federal agents on people, air, land and bodies of water. In a letter from Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer and
Wyden, Merkley raise alarms over mail delivery delays
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As voting-by-mail increasingly becomes a nationwide issue during the runup to the November election, Oregon’s US senators held a news conference Friday with postal workers and doctors in Portland. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley talked about the efforts President Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy have put in
OR: Lane Transit District receives nearly $4 million in federal grants for zero-emission buses
Federal funds will soon help drive Lane Transit District to an electric future. The $3,952,851 in federal grants will support bus upgrades, specifically five new electric buses, said LTD spokesperson Pat Walsh. LTD already ordered 11 new buses, which will be delivered by the first quarter of next year. Before
MERKLEY WARNS THAT SNAP BENEFITS COULD RUN OUT
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is warning that U.S. Department of Agriculture data highlights the possibility that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could run out of funds before the end of the fiscal year. Merkley is the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the department.
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