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Jobs and Economy

Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.

July 3, 2025
There is nothing beautiful about this bill. Over the past several weeks I've heard from many constituents in NW Oregon who are overwhelmingly opposed to this harmful and partisan legislation.

June 16, 2025

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), one of the lead authors of the letter, sees the administration’s attack on the bureau as “turning back the clock in ways that are really pretty outrageous,” she told me by phone on Monday. The Women’s Bureau, she added, is “just as important [now] as it ever was.”


June 6, 2025

Worries about the funding losses bounced off the walls at separate roundtables attended last week by U.S. Rep.


June 4, 2025

Organized by Emily Smith, a Beaverton-based green coffee trader who works with Hacea Coffee Source, the event brought industry concerns directly to Bonamici, a Democrat who represents Oregon’s 1st Congressional district and is the newest member of


May 30, 2025

“What has happened just in the past few months with this administration and with tariffs has been chaotic,” Rep. Bonamici told the coffee industry leaders.


May 29, 2025

An array of Portland-area people who roast coffee or sell coffee met with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, on Thursday, May 29, to talk about the impact of President Donald Trump’s 10% tariff on coffee beans and coffee-related supplies.
 


May 22, 2025
This massive bill, which is more than a thousand pages, was – and is being – negotiated behind closed doors.

May 20, 2025
Older workers have a wealth of experience to offer and should not have to overcome age discrimination, or any other form of discrimination, to find a job or fulfill their role in a workplace.

May 13, 2025

“Donald Trump and the unelected billionaire Elon Musk do not understand the value of arts and culture, do not understand the importance of differing opinions and, in fact, are trying to censor opinions, and they do not understand the separation of powers our founding fathers embedded in our Constitution,” Bonamici, a Beaverton Democrat, said at a press conference, at All Classical Radio i