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Wyden, Merkley Keeping Oregon and 2021 in Sight December 23, 2020 Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley—who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee—and Ron Wyden today announced a wide range of investments that will benefit Oregon and are included in the fiscal year 2021 spending bill that has passed the Senate. The next step is for the president to sign the bill into law.  Taken together, the investments announced by the senators impact virtually all communities in every corner of the state, addressing some of Oregonians’ biggest challenges. The provisions highlighted include on...

Ball as time goes on. >> can you give me a percentage, at least today, for example? i said there are about 1,200 flights delayed. do we know what percentage you believe were canceled or delayed as a result of the furlough? >> i can't answer that right now. >> okay. we know reuters is reporting that the senate commerce committee leaders are pressing the obama administration for more information on how it plans to furlough air traffic controllers and close contract towers, and how it would affect public safety. there is a quote from senate commerce committee chairman jay rockefeller. he said we ...

Furlough and i realize that he we use foreign aid to sort of help people and also put the lid on problems. i'm not sure that this is put the lid on problems over there. but the sequestration and our money problems enter into your thinking at all? >> well, it does a little bit. i mean, for example, just recently, the f.a.a. announced that they're going to close 140 contract towers for air traffic control. these are small airports. these are important program for public safety. the f.a.a., i believe, could have easily found other maces to cut and yet, we're skipping on things that we think that ...

Furlough and i realize that he we use foreign aid to sort of help people and also put the lid on problems. i'm not sure that this is put the lid on problems over there. but the sequestration and our money problems enter into your thinking at all? >> well, it does a little bit. i mean, for example, just recently, the f.a.a. announced that they're going to close 140 contract towers for air traffic control. these are small airports. these are important program for public safety. the f.a.a., i believe, could have easily found other maces to cut and yet, we're skipping on things that we think that ...