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Jobs and Economy

Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.

March 14, 2024
The recent storm’s effects stretched from northwest Oregon, across the Portland metro area, into the Columbia River Gorge, and down through the Willamette Valley.

March 12, 2024

Oregon’s First Congressional District is poised to see major federal investment, spanning from affordable housing to emergency shelters.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici announced that she helped steer nearly $17 million in spending bills to fund community projects in Washington County and beyond.


March 7, 2024
Manufacturing is a significant part of the economy in the Pacific Northwest, and there will be more jobs as the sector continues to grow.

March 6, 2024
The Community Project Funding process provides a powerful opportunity to highlight specific project needs in NW Oregon.

February 27, 2024

First District Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici saw the impact of increasing food and housing costs in outer Southwest Portland when she recently toured the pantry for low-income families operated by Neighborhood House.


February 26, 2024

Bonamici said that, along with the added federal dollars for infrastructure, manufacturing and energy projects must come a more diversified workforce.


"All the work is not going to be done right away," she said. "But we will be growing the workforce to meet these needs."


February 25, 2024

On Friday, Su and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, toured the training center of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 in east Portland.


February 23, 2024

Secretary Su and Congresswoman Bonamici heard from students in PCC’s Quick Start and apprenticeship programs that have high school students already working for large advanced manufacturers like Intel.


February 23, 2024

Other factors, such as cost of living in places like Hillsboro and instability in the industry also discourage people from entering the semiconductor industry, Bonamici said. The congresswoman called for reforming the Low Income Housing Credit to begin tackling affordable housing.


February 16, 2024
Wildfire is not uncommon in the West, but the climate crisis is causing longer and more dangerous wildfire seasons that put Oregon’s rural communities and agricultural economy at risk.