MERKLEY, SULLIVAN ANNOUNCE COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING VITAL IMPORTANCE OF THE MEKONG RIVER, MEKONG-UNITED STATES PARTNERSHIP
June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Alaska's U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan announced their bipartisan resolution bringing awareness to the environmental, humanitarian, and economic issues facing the Mekong River cleared a key hurdle by passing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Mekong River, which is nearly 3,000 miles long, boasts the world's largest inland fishery . . .
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Alaska's U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan announced their bipartisan resolution bringing awareness to the environmental, humanitarian, and economic issues facing the Mekong River cleared a key hurdle by passing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Mekong River, which is nearly 3,000 miles long, boasts the world's largest inland fishery . . .