June 14, 2021
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that 28 counties and two cities in Oregon will receive more than $19 million in emergency housing vouchers through the American Rescue Plan Act.
"Every single Oregonian deserves an affordable and accessible place to call home," Wyden said. "The economic fallout from the global pandemic has worsened a statewide housing shortage and affordability crisis. These vouchers give local housing authorities critical tools to provide Oregonians with… Continue Reading
June 11, 2021
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that Jefferson County will receive $140,000 in federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help boost broadband access and speed in the county.
"Improved broadband for rural Oregon is as crucial to good infrastructure now as electrification once was decades back for rural America," said Wyden, who also is urging the FCC to make rural broadband a priority. "This federal investment from the COVID relief p… Continue Reading
June 11, 2021
Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today pressed President Biden to provide additional relief to states struggling with the impact of extreme drought and wildfires.
According to the Drought Monitor, over half of the United States is currently experiencing a historic drought. Over 95 percent of the West is now either abnormally dry or in a drought-making current conditions among the most dry within the past two decades.
"When Oregon went up in flames last September, I drove over … Continue Reading
June 08, 2021
It was 102 degrees in Medford on June 1, 2021. Let me say that again just in case it didn't fully sink in: Medford suffered temperatures as high as 102 degrees in spring, making it harder for firefighters battling Southern Oregon's first fires of the year.
Now, I usually like Oregon to be in the record-setting business, but… Continue Reading
May 04, 2021
The climate crisis' impact this spring has left much of Oregon unseasonably dry, with communities all over the state preparing for another long and arduous fire season. Oregon doesn't have a second to waste: we MUST address the climate crisis
That's why I am proud to have signed onto the The Green New Deal resolution and… Continue Reading
April 12, 2021
It's been more than a year. More than a year since the fateful day Oregon and the rest of the nation shut down, and we were trapped in our homes.
Now with multiple vaccines distributed in communities all over the state,… Continue Reading
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