Education
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, ranking member of the subcommittee, said that “without bold and sustained federal investment, child care costs will continue to rise and the workforce that provides the care will continue to struggle.”
The Oregon Democrat blasted the proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as part of congressional Republicans’ reconciliation package.
Bonamici described Medicaid and SNAP as “programs that support children, families, child care centers and the child care workforce.”
For those who have found their path to success through Job Corps and others who will need that path in the future, let’s tell the Labor Department that we care about every student, and let’s save Job Corps.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) is a longtime champion of public education, arts funding, and student equity. She's been fighting for Title IV-A - that vital program that helps schools fund things like music, art, technology, and school safety - for years. She literally ran for Congress to replace No Child Left Behind.
“You’ve made a starkly abrupt shift from a champion to a destroyer of this important program,” said Democratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon, adding that students in her district were distraught.
Democrats also pressed McMahon to explain why her department has frozen or canceled millions in federal grants and contracts.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, an Oregon Democrat, for example, reminded McMahon that during her Senate confirmation hearing in February, she promised to disseminate any funds appropriated by Congress regardless of any directives from the president to do otherwise.
UO alumnus Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, said she is heartened to see the university continuing to invest in education despite the hostile rhetoric coming from the White House.
“It’s important and critical that we continue to open the doors of opportunity to higher education, especially at this moment. Higher education is under attack,” Bonamici said at Thursday’s event. “What better investment can we make than in education?”
Rep. Bonamici, a Democrat, described news of the closure as “outrageous” in a video taken outside the PIVOT Job Corps center in Portland. She said she represents both PIVOT and the Tongue Point Job Corps and is concerned for their futures. “These programs are an incredible asset to our community because they’re so important for students who don’t fit into a traditional high school,” Bonamici said. “Job Corps in Astoria is a residential program — those students may not have homes to go back to.