Education
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited Oregon on Thursday to talk about the value and importance of workforce training in strengthening the nation's economy. He met with several elected leaders, including Gov. Kate Brown, U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will visit Portland and Scappoose on Thursday to talk about the value of workforce training and promote the Biden Administration's "Good Jobs" initiative. Walsh, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, and Oregon Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle will tour Portland Community College's new Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center in Scappoose in the morning for a visit that will focus on public-private partnerships in workforce training.
Majalise Tolan, secondary director for the Lincoln County School District, met recently with other Coalition of Oregon School Administrators and Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep. Kurt Schrader, Rep. Cliff Bentz and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to ask for resources to address the twin student mental health and educator shortage crises.
On Oregon's 163rd birthday, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici fielded questions on topics ranging from the arts and school lunch to sex education and mask mandates at a virtual meeting with Warrenton High School students.
Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) are reintroducing the Healthy Meal Time Act to reduce food waste in schools and further ensure that kids have the time to eat a proper meal.