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Month: January 2020

Merkley slams Trump plan to ‘ignore climate impacts’

 WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement Thursday after the Trump administration announced proposed changes to National Environmental Policy Act guidelines and indicated that federal agencies would not be allowed to consider climate impacts when evaluating the environmental impacts of federal infrastructure projects: “With this directive, President Trump is effectively ordering

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Wyden, colleagues urge FCC to protect consumers from wireless scams

Lawmakers say ‘SIM swap’ fraud endangers bank accounts, personal info WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and five House and Senate members Thursday pressed the Federal Communications Commission to do more to protect consumers from scammers who hijack phone numbers to hack bank accounts and other personal information. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Edward

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