Jobs and Economy
Information regarding my stance on Jobs and Economy issues.
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), are expressing serious concern over the planned closure of labor and delivery services at Providence Seaside and call on Providence Health & Services to support families and clinicians affected by the decision.
Donald Trump mobilized a record-number of Americans across voting blocs in 2024. Now, Trump 2.0 appears to be galvanizing an equally impressive opposition. Constituent engagement with the congressional office of Rep. Suzanne Bonamici in the form of calls, emails and letters has increased two to threefold since the days of Joe Biden.
At the meeting, Bonamici fielded questions from residents concerned about various policies of President Donald Trump’s administration and said that she and fellow democrats would fight those policies and work to turn the electoral tide in the 2026 midterm elections.
Over the last month, students and staff of Astoria’s Tongue Point Job Corps Center have juggled more than their share of uncertainty – but amid the chaos, one thing remains clear. Job Corps is worth fighting for.
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.