Jobs and Economy
Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.
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.”
Worries about the funding losses bounced off the walls at separate roundtables attended last week by U.S. Rep.
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
“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.
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.
“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