Education
April 8, 2025
Let’s be very clear: The abrupt change in the liquidation extension policy is yet another way this administration is seeking to strip educational opportunities for students in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and large corporations.
Issues:Education
April 4, 2025
I host the Congressional Art Competition every year because the student artists I’ve met give me hope for the future.
Issues:Education
April 2, 2025
Libraries and museums are critical to local communities, providing educational and other services to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Issues:Education
April 1, 2025
A quality arts education provides students with lifelong skills that benefit them no matter what path they take.
Issues:Education
March 26, 2025
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.
Issues:Education
March 20, 2025
Trying to dismantle the Department of Education is a direct attack on students, families, and educators across the country who are seeking a brighter future through education.
Issues:Education
March 19, 2025
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici criticized actions by Donald Trump and Elon Musk targeting the Department of Education, stating, "Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to defund and dismantle public education. Their power grab is illegal and unconstitutional, and we won’t stand by and let them get away with it."
Issues:Education
February 13, 2025
I hear compelling stories about the urgent need for more affordable housing from people in every corner of NW Oregon.
February 7, 2025
"Over the years, Democrats and Republicans have had policy differences, but this is way more than a policy difference. This is them dismantling government without the consent of the people,” Bonamici said. “This is not normal. Nothing feels normal right now.”
Issues:Education