Tag: Jobs and the Economy

Home / Jobs and the Economy / Page 21

Merkley, Matsui, Kiggans Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Keep America’s Nurses, Patients Safe

March 5, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) announced the introduction of the Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act. This bicameral, bipartisan bill would provide nurses with stronger federal workplace safeguards. To address staffing-related challenges, nurses are often forced to

Wyden, Merkley Announce $72 Million Federal Investment for Expansion of Microchip’s Gresham Facility

January 5, 2024

Microchip expansion in Gresham will create hundreds of Oregon jobs and further grow the state’s semiconductor economy Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding $72 million in direct funding to Microchip for its Gresham expansion, as part

Oregon Officials’ Statements on $600 Million Federal Award for Interstate Bridge Replacement Project

December 15, 2023

Wyden, Merkley, Kotek, Blumenauer, Bonamici and ODOT Director assess impact of funding for I-5 replacement bridge Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Gov. Tina Kotek, U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici as well as the Oregon Department of Transportation issued the following statements about today’s $600

Ahead of COP28, Huffman, Merkley Announce Legislation to End International Investments in Fossil Fuels

November 16, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today announced they will re-introduce the Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2023, which would tackle the problem of international financial institutions helping to finance fossil fuel projects that are accelerating the climate crisis. This comes as

Merkley: Utterly Reckless that Speaker McCarthy and Republicans are Steering Us Towards Disaster, Government Shutdown

September 29, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee – issued the following statement as Congress faces a potential October 1 government shutdown due to a lapse in funding: “It’s utterly reckless that Speaker McCarthy is steering us towards disaster because he’s afraid

Schumer, Merkley, Daines, Sinema, Lummis Announce SAFER Banking Act

September 20, 2023

Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) alongside Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the bipartisan Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act.

Merkley Applauds Action to Incentivize Good-Paying Jobs in Clean Energy Transition

August 29, 2023

Senator had created the blueprint for using tax credits to incentivize good-paying and union jobs in renewable energy and EV expansion Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Biden administration released new guidelines to implement Inflation Reduction Act provisions that will boost the creation of high-quality,

Merkley, Wyden Join Legislation to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

August 1, 2023

Legislation Will Help Protect the Safety and Health of Workers Exposed to Dangerous Heat Conditions in at the Workplace Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined their colleagues to introduce legislation to ensure the safety and health of workers in Oregon and across the nation

FARMS, FOOD, AND FIBER: MERKLEY ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE ACTION INVESTMENTS IN OREGON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES

June 22, 2023

Funding included in the fiscal year 2024 Senate agriculture funding bill champions family farms, rural housing, broadband, and more Thursday, June 22, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today he secured major investments in Oregon agriculture, rural housing,

WYDEN, MERKLEY, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO CUT TAXES FOR WORKING FAMILIES

June 16, 2023

Friday, June 16, 2023 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they and Senate colleagues have introduced legislation that would cut taxes for working families in Oregon and nationwide by expanding the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. “When Democrats expanded the Child