Monday, May 22, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oregon`s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, joined by Representatives Peter DeFazio (OR-4), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), today urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) to support essential dredging and maintenance of Oregon`s small ports in its 2017 work plan. `Oregon`s ports and harbors are the lifeblood of the coastal communities they serve, enhancing regional and local economic development and supporting local job growth,` they wrote in a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Douglas Lamont. `These ports support the activities of Federal agencies, such as the U.S. Coast Guard, and they are...
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