Education
WASHINGTON, DC [5/1/25] – Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced bipartisan legislation based on a successful Oregon program to protect students from accidental fentanyl poisoning.
“Right now, there are so many attacks against education and educational programs that are happening throughout, from K-12 and especially higher education, and some of these attacks are just pretty reckless,” said Bonamici, a Democrat representing the 1st Congressional District.
The young Hillsboro School District student vividly outlined her fears in a recent hand-written letter to U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, who read the letter aloud on the House floor Tuesday morning.
An act of Congress created the Department of Education and only Congress has the constitutional power to dismantle it. Trump's executive order represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional presidential overreach that, if left unchecked, will have dramatic and negative consequences on the structure of the American government and on democracy.