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
Merkley: ‘More to do’ with PPE, testing in pandemic relief
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Like millions of other Americans, Sen. Jeff Merkley is working from his Oregon home office — with his laptop propped up on Miller paint cans in order to do Zoom interviews. “I have 2 health care workers here in my house, with my son and my wife, and
Jackson County receives $5 million to replace lost logging revenue
Jackson County received $5,021,210 this month to offset financial losses from reduced logging on federal land inside its borders, but the amount is far less than the $15,100,000 in shared timber revenue the county received in 1991 when logging was strong. In today’s dollars, that $15 million figure would be
Merkley, Brown demand boost of contact tracing, testing efforts
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are leading nine of their Senate colleagues in pushing the Trump administration to immediately craft, release, and implement a plan that includes robust testing for the coronavirus and expanded contact tracing, according to a new release. Contract tracing is a
Oregon to receive $7.5 million FEMA reimbursement grant for COVID-19
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Monday, April 20, that Oregon will receive a $7.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as reimbursement for personal protective equipment bought in response to COVID-19. “Essential workers in Oregon are regularly risking their health during this public health crisis
LAWMAKERS SAY AGREEMENT REACHED ON FUNDING FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats and Republicans in Congress have reached a bipartisan agreement for a new coronavirus relief package, including funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that was exhausted last week. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and Representative Greg Walden announced the agreement on Tuesday afternoon. “This bill provides urgently
Federal grants include $584K for Cascades East Transit
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that the Oregon Department of Transportation will receive nearly $42.7 million in funding to support rural public transportation operations and projects — including coronavirus response efforts—in communities throughout the state. The funding will be allocated through the Coronavirus Aid,
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