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Senator Murray Secures Over $815 Million for Key WA Agriculture, Veterans, and Military Projects in Draft Appropriations Bills

Murray leads Senate Appropriations Committee in passing three draft appropriations bills – MORE HERE READ and WATCH: Chair Murray’s Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup Washington, D.C. — Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee, led by Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), […]

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Oregon Delegation Announces $22 Million USDA Seafood Purchase to Boost Oregon’s Coastal Communities and Economy

Funding announcement comes after Merkley-led letter urged the USDA for more federal support to West Coast fishermen and seafood harvesters, processors, and distributors Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along […]

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MERKLEY, WHITEHOUSE, DOGGETT URGE FELLOW AMERICANS TO TAKE ‘PLASTIC POLLUTION ACTION MONTH’ THIS JULY

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37) today introduced a bicameral resolution designating July as Plastic Pollution Action Month. They spotlight the […]

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Denmark taxing cows and pigs for farting

Well this stinks. Denmark plans to tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gasses emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs when they let one rip. Beginning in 2030, Danish livestock farmers will be taxed $43 per […]