WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senator traveling to Busan, South Korea, to help shape global plastic pollution agreement Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a leading voice in Congress on the urgent need to address the plastic pollution crisis--today issued the following statement before traveling to the fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea: "For years, we were taught the three Rs--reduce, reuse, an  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Delhi, India man with conspiring and attempting to export controlled aviation components and a navigation and flight control system to end users in Russia, in violation of the Export Control Reform Act. Sanjay Kaushik, age 57, of India, has been charged with conspiring to export controlled aviatio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Four out of five consumers remain eligible for high-quality, affordable health care coverage at $10 or less per month, after financial assistance that continues for 2025 ACA Marketplace National Enrollment snapshotopens in a new tab The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to creating a robust Marketplace Open Enrollment process for consumers so they can effortless  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Nov. 22, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (D-OR) released the following statement in celebration of National Apprenticeship Week: "National Apprenticeship Week gives us the opportunity to celebrate Registered Apprenticeships programs across the country. Apprenticeship and workforce training programs are critical to fill our workforce needs. Every employer I visited needs workers. And, with 50%   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 22, 2024: * * * Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the nomination of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury secretary under Donald Trump: "Donald Trump pretends to be an economic populist, but it wouldn't be a Trump Treasury Department without a rich political donor running the show. When it come  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 290) entitled "Norfolk Southern Railway Co. - Abandonment Exemption - in Mingo County, West Virginia": * * * Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152, subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 3.5-mile rail line (the Alma Branch) extending from milepost AL 0.0 +/- at or near Sprigg,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. AB 1240) entitled "Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - in Fayette County, Pennsylvania": * * * Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company (SWP), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 1.87 miles of rail line near Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., extending (1) app  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ohio Ecological Services Field Office issued a 30-page report in January 2024 entitled "Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Duck and Otter Creeks Natural Resource Damage Assessment in Oregon, OH." Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.) and the CERCLA Natural Resource Damage   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced next steps and selections within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Water-Saving Commodities program to support agricultural commodity production while reducing water losses in communities across the West. Today, USDA is announcing the preliminary selection of three Congressionally-authorized Indian Irrigation Projects supported by the U.S. Department  more