Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is reversing its decision to end the US Forest Service program that trains low-income, rural students how to respond to national emergencies, after bipartisan backlash from Congress. In a letter to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta back in May, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced his agency’s intent to “terminate
Merkley Announces Trump Administration Will Keep CCCs Open, including one near Yachats. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a conversation with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that federal Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) Job Corps sites, including the one near Yachats, will remain open and operated by the
Federal leaders have reversed a decision to close nine Civilian Conservation Center Job Corps sites and transfer additional centers to contact operators. Following a conversation with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday, June 19, Sen. Jeff Merkley announced that the centers would remain open under operation by the U.S. Forest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a conversation with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that federal Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) Job Corps sites will remain open and operated by the U.S. Forest Service. This news follows the Trump administration’s prior attempts to shut down CCC sites and
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today called on the Smithsonian Institution to remove the Sackler name from its Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. His call for the name’s removal follows recent revelations that members of the Sackler family were personally involved in the
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced that he has joined 16 of his Senate colleagues in opposition to the State Department decision to reject requests from four embassies to fly a rainbow flag on embassy flagpoles in recognition of Pride
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a leading voice against the Trump administration’s efforts to inflict cruelty on migrant children and families, released the following statement after voting against a package to provide more money for the administration’s activities at the border: “There is no doubt that we are
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee that oversees the United Nations (UN), released the following statement after Ambassador Kelly Craft’s hearing on her nomination as Ambassador to the UN: “At a time when climate chaos is the greatest global challenge
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) today announced that U.S. Forest Service vocation training programs for disadvantaged youth will not be shut down. That means nine Civilian Conservation Centers across the nation, including one in Estacada, Ore. will continue to teach students wildfire management and rural job skills. And, remaining CCCs that didn’t
WASHINGTON – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden on Tuesday sought federal disaster assistance for spring storms that hit Curry, Douglas, Grant, Linn, Umatilla and Wheeler counties over a two-week stretch in April. The bipartisan letter from the Oregon lawmakers to the White House
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