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, Wyden announce funding for meals to low-income seniors
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday that Oregon will receive more than $3 million to help provide home-delivered and pre-packaged meals to low-income older adults, as communities are ordered to stay home and avoid social contact in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Merkley, Wyden demand answers on testing, equipment shortages
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have joined 45 of their Senate colleagues in pressing President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for answers about supplies and equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile critical to addressing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Here’s the rest of their
Democrats Introduce Bill To Expand Early And By-Mail Voting
WASHINGTON ? Democrats want to make it easier to vote in the face of unprecedented disruptions caused by the growing coronavirus pandemic by allowing voters in all 50 states to be able to vote by mail ahead of November’s general election. Five states have already postponed primaries in response to
HUD’s independent watchdog launches review of radon policies after Oregonian investigation
The independent watchdog for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has launched a review examining whether federal policies are protecting tenants in public housing from exposure to cancer-causing radon gas. The review, announced publicly this week, comes four months after The Oregonian/OregonLive published its “Cancer Cloud” investigation exposing failed
Merkley on the coronavirus economic ‘implosion’ and response
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said the U.S. is way behind where it should be with the testing and emergency preparedness for the new coronavirus, but he said some help could be on the way with the three bills pending in Congress. “We’re dealing with two crises: an infectious disease crisis
MERKLEY ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN FEDERAL SUPPORT TO OREGON TO HELP COMBAT CORONAVIRUS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) awarded $7.2 million to Oregon to support the state’s effort to help contain and fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The funding is in addition
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