PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced nearly $560,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business Development grants were awarded to projects across Oregon. “Oregon can’t be successful if we don’t have good jobs and vibrant communities in rural parts of the state,” said
WASHINGTON—Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke decrying House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop’s efforts to overturn the Southwestern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal. “The prohibition on mining on the Smith River and the
BORING, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley today toured Boring Hemp Company’s hemp fields, where, at the height of harvest, it was clear that legalizing industrial hemp would provide an economic boon to rural Oregonians and Americans. “It’s time that we recognize industrial hemp for the agricultural product it
Climate chaos is no longer some threat in the future that our children will face. It’s here. And it’s happening. Right now. We MUST act. http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: “Fifty-six years ago today, President Kennedy announced a quarantine of Cuba that brought the world
PORTLAND, OR — Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Sea Grant awards for Oregon—one finding new ways to cultivate red seaweed, and the other helping the oyster industry’s baby oysters survive. “Oregon’s coast is not just beautiful, it’s also
The Trump Administration is taking money away from FEMA so that they can pay to put more asylum seekers in detention centers. On this one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, it is time we stand up and say enough is enough.
As Hurricane Florence bears down, I discovered that the Trump Administration is taking money away from FEMA so that they can pay to put more asylum seekers in detention centers. This is a scandal.
America, you have the chance to weigh in. Do you want Donald Trump’s DIRTY power plan or a CLEAN power plan? Make your voice heard today: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/affordable-clean-energy-rule-proposal-how-comment
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