Merkley, Wyden Announce $30 Million Federal Support to Expand Clatskanie Scion Sawmill
SALEM, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will finance $30 million for Clatskanie Scion LLC to expand a new sawmill. Clatskanie Scion LLC will use the funding to expand operations for Myers Woodline to manufacture industrial lumber products
Merkley, Curtis Lead Bipartisan Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act
Bipartisan legislation removes regulatory burden on proactive forest management efforts to mitigate wildfires Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led their EPW colleagues—including Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Alex
New Merkley Bill Tackles Dual Crises of Wildfire Risk and Insurance Affordability
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today unveiled the Wildfire Insurance Affordability Act, new legislation that would help homeowners reduce wildfire risk, give insurers confidence in lowering home insurance rates in communities at risk of fires, and keep insurers in the market. “The threat of wildfires is sending
Merkley, Wyden Announce Over $750,000 Water Infrastructure Grant for City of Echo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the City of Echo, Oregon will receive $769,875 in federal grant funding to upgrade and improve the efficiency of the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The funding is being allocated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)
Merkley, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Put Strict Limits on Corporate Use of Facial Recognition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today continued his leadership at the intersection of privacy rights, racial justice, and emerging technologies by introducing the National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020, groundbreaking legislation that would prohibit private companies from collecting biometric data—including eye scans, voiceprints, faceprints, and fingerprints—without
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Senate to Reject Trump Administration Plan to Cut Funding to Schools that Follow Public Health Guidance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with 28 of their Senate colleagues, are urging Senate leadership to reject the Trump administration push to condition education funds in the next coronavirus relief package on the reopening of elementary and secondary schools for in-person instruction. In
“Unlawful, Unfair, Illogical, Impossible”: Oregon Members Call on U.S. Department of Education to Rescind Rule that Would Misdirect $11M from Oregon Public Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. [08/04/20] –?Congresswoman?Suzanne?Bonamici,?Senators Ron Wyden?and Jeff Merkley, and?Representatives?Peter DeFazio?and?Earl Blumenauer?called on the U.S. Department of Education to rescind a rule that would take?up to $11,310,291 from Oregon public schools?and redirect it to private schools, calling it?unlawful, unfair, illogical, and impossible.? The Representatives and Senators responded to an interim final
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues to McConnell: Immigrants Are Essential and Deserve Support in Coronavirus Relief Legislation
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged Majority Leader McConnell to support tax-paying immigrant families who have Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN) in Oregon and across the nation by ensuring they have access to economic relief payments from the CARES Act and any future coronavirus
Merkley, Wyden Announce $3.5 Million in Grants to Support Pollinator Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will award $3.5 million in federal funding to support ten Pollinator Health Research grants across the nation. One of those grants, for $454,939,
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