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Oregon Lawmakers Secure Provision to Keep Newport Coast Guard Air Facility Open until January 2016

Life-Saving Rescue Helicopters Had Been Scheduled for Removal by Dec. 15

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014.  Following their repeated calls to ensure the safety of residents in coastal areas, Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representatives Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici yesterday announced the Congress has passed legislation that will keep the U.S. Coast Guard’s air facility at Newport open through the coming year.

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